PSYC 3480 Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Abdominal Pain, Domineering, Natural Disaster
10 Apr 2013
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Migrant farmworkers in the u. s earn low wages by picking fruits and vegetables in the field. Female farmworkers are about 10 times more likely than other female workers to experience sexual harassment and sexual assault. Sexual harassment, sexual assault, and the abuse of women share important similarities. One similarity is that all 3 situations involve some form of violence. A second similarity in these three situations is that men typically possess more power than women. Sexual harassers are usually persons with power at work or in an academic setting. The media also play an important role in conveying these messages because they show men who are influential, powerful, physically strong, and violent. Many men have a sense of entitlement based on their membership in the male social group; they believe they have a right to certain privileges and rewards when they interact with women. Fourth, in all kinds of victimization women are left feeling even less powerful after the violence.
