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The Power of Preying: Why Men Target Women In The Work Place
#BelieveWomen https://psychcentral.com/blog/the-power-of-preying-why-men-target-women-in-the-workplace/
#BelieveWomen https://psychcentral.com/blog/the-power-of-preying-why-men-target-women-in-the-workplace/
Exploring the link between power and predatory behavior.
#BelieveWomen https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.csmonitor.com/layout/set/amphtml/Science/2017/1030/Weinstein-effect-Exploring-the-link-between-power-and-predatory-behavior
#BelieveWomen https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.csmonitor.com/layout/set/amphtml/Science/2017/1030/Weinstein-effect-Exploring-the-link-between-power-and-predatory-behavior
Few powerful men are entirely alone in their mistreatment of women.
#BelieveWomen https://www.vox.com/identities/2017/10/10/16454954/harvey-weinstein-enablers
#BelieveWomen https://www.vox.com/identities/2017/10/10/16454954/harvey-weinstein-enablers
"Not listening to women’s experience of abusive men – and of other areas from health to the economy – harms all of society"
#BelieveWomen https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2020/jan/21/what-happens-when-we-dont-believe-women
#BelieveWomen https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2020/jan/21/what-happens-when-we-dont-believe-women
"Do not lower your guard just because a person seems charming, well-liked, or wealthy. Some predators are experts at cultivating kind and generous outward personas."
#BelieveWomen #Grooming https://lamothefirm.com/2018/09/19/how-to-spot-red-flag-sexual-predator-behavior-in-the-early-stages/
#BelieveWomen #Grooming https://lamothefirm.com/2018/09/19/how-to-spot-red-flag-sexual-predator-behavior-in-the-early-stages/
"Social (and sexual) manipulators have had years of practice hiding their darker traits. Many such people share another dangerous feature: They are smart enough to pull off the disguise."
#BelieveWomen https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/articles/201805/the-stealthiest-predator
#BelieveWomen https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/articles/201805/the-stealthiest-predator
"But the most interesting thing to consider is why they don't stand out from the crowd. Often people will talk about them being creepy or lecherous, but without any substantive information, there is no real proof."
#BelieveWomen https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-4974262/How-spot-sexual-predator-according-psychologist.html
#BelieveWomen https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-4974262/How-spot-sexual-predator-according-psychologist.html
"Among their most dangerous features are a callous disregard for the rights of others and a propensity for violating norms. They can charm and manipulate others for their own gain, conning with no regard for anyone's feelings."
#BelieveWomen https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/shadow-boxing/201406/3-signs-inconspicuous-predator-in-your-midst%3famp
#BelieveWomen https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/shadow-boxing/201406/3-signs-inconspicuous-predator-in-your-midst%3famp
They’re often the life of the party, excellent conversationalists, fun to be around... when you complain to someone else about their belittling behavior, the other person is utterly shocked. They’ve only known the predator when he/she is “on.” #BelieveWomen https://faithit.com/13-signs-predatory-people-mary-demuth/
"I finally realised what this looked like to an outsider, what I had been condoning all these years – all to preserve the fantasy of a man who never existed, all to keep from realising that my love had been wasted on someone who was the embodiment of everything I stood against 1/
/2 #BelieveWomen https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/jan/22/why-people-believe-sexual-predators-before-victims
"For every predator, there’s an enabler—sometimes an entire network of enablers—and they’re not inherently malevolent or unscrupulous. Under the right (or wrong) circumstances, psychologists say, many of us would likely do the same."
#BelieveWomen https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/articles/201912/why-would-anyone-aid-and-abet-predator
#BelieveWomen https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/articles/201912/why-would-anyone-aid-and-abet-predator
Franken's predatory behavior — & that's what it is, the behavior of a sexual predator- ran at least from 2006 through Franken's career on the Hill. But even by 2006, at age 55, he was taking liberties that don't seem like first-time offenses.
#BelieveWomen https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/dear-hypocrites-and-enablers-please-stop-trying-to-rehabilitate-the-predator-al-franken%3f_amp=true
#BelieveWomen https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/dear-hypocrites-and-enablers-please-stop-trying-to-rehabilitate-the-predator-al-franken%3f_amp=true
"Make no mistake, these beasts will not stop searching for their next prey until we as a society snap out of being in denial and realize some of us have slightly dirty hands."
#BelieveWomen https://medium.com/@MoBeal/editing-metoo-the-uncomfortable-truth-about-predators-enablers-and-nonverbal-consent-d42d7a1ca4a7
#BelieveWomen https://medium.com/@MoBeal/editing-metoo-the-uncomfortable-truth-about-predators-enablers-and-nonverbal-consent-d42d7a1ca4a7
"The president, grinning boyishly, insisting he did the right thing, boasting about having never delivered a personal apology to the young intern he once took advantage of in the Oval Office- is like watching a con artist brag about pulling one over on an unsuspecting family." 1/
2/ #BelieveWomen https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/04/opinions/bill-clinton-learned-nothing-after-monica-lewinsky-se-cupp-opinion/index.html
"Feminists saved the 42nd president of the United States in the 1990s. They were on the wrong side of history; is it finally time to make things right?"
#BelieveWomen https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2017/11/reckoning-with-bill-clintons-sex-crimes/545729/
#BelieveWomen https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2017/11/reckoning-with-bill-clintons-sex-crimes/545729/
"The idea that anyone is entitled to a woman's body—regardless of consent, which, in this instance there was none—is the pervasive foundation of rape culture."
#BelieveWomen https://www.glamour.com/story/a-history-timeline-of-donald-trump-sexual-assault
#BelieveWomen https://www.glamour.com/story/a-history-timeline-of-donald-trump-sexual-assault
"The political world — from Washington to Sacramento — is wired to protect its own, conducting ethics investigations in private and shelling out tax dollars to make harassment complaints go away."
#BelieveWomen https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/Why-sexual-predators-endure-in-the-political-world-12393586.php
#BelieveWomen https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/Why-sexual-predators-endure-in-the-political-world-12393586.php
"Those who reported they were harassed, assaulted, or subjected to misconduct, however, have often said it affected them deeply, leaving some with lasting trauma and sometimes forcing them from their chosen careers."
#BelieveWomen https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.vox.com/a/sexual-harassment-assault-allegations-list/amp
#BelieveWomen https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.vox.com/a/sexual-harassment-assault-allegations-list/amp
"The #MeToo 
mantra “Believe Women” doesn’t mean that women never lie; it means that our systems of power are biased towards believing men never lie. It means that it takes decades of allegations and scores of women coming forward for powerful men-" 1/2
mantra “Believe Women” doesn’t mean that women never lie; it means that our systems of power are biased towards believing men never lie. It means that it takes decades of allegations and scores of women coming forward for powerful men-" 1/2
2/2 like Harvey Weinstein, Jeffrey Epstein and Bill Cosby to be brought to justice."
#BelieveWomen https://www.commondreams.org/views/2020/03/30/why-has-media-ignored-sexual-assault-and-misbehaviour-allegations-against-biden
#BelieveWomen https://www.commondreams.org/views/2020/03/30/why-has-media-ignored-sexual-assault-and-misbehaviour-allegations-against-biden
"NBC executives originally tried to kill @RonanFarrow’s reporting on the sexual assault allegations against Harvey Weinstein, reporting that would eventually help get Weinstein convicted on rape charges and win Farrow a Pulitzer."
#BelieveWomen https://jezebel.com/tara-reades-allegations-deserve-more-care-1842515308
#BelieveWomen https://jezebel.com/tara-reades-allegations-deserve-more-care-1842515308
"Each aspect of her story- the harassment, the impunity, the retaliation, the difficulty she faced when she followed the protocol for reporting, and even leaving her dream job on Capitol Hill after just nine months of employment- fits squarely in the pattern- 1/2
of sexual harassment prevalent in the offices of members of congress and senate." 2/2 #BelieveWomen https://medium.com/@geminiwahhaj/tara-reades-story-fits-an-all-too-common-pattern-of-sexual-harassment-and-assault-in-the-american-f798626128b5
