"Edelman, the UC Berkeley professor, said she suspects the backlash could stem from
the “cartoonish, somewhat unrealistic” harassment examples that trainings often include –
lessons that can make participants skeptical and resentful."
I suspect that might have a lot to do with it. I'd also suspect that most, if not all,
of the examples of sexual harassment shown in such training are male-on-female ... and the
reaction from men who take the training is as understandable as the reaction from black
people would be if they were shown anti-shoplifting videos in which every single person
apparently doing so was black.
Anecdotally, some people actually have the idea that sexual harassment is something that
is only legally actionable when men do it to women (which further adds heteronormativity
as an implicit bias). Yet as of 2013 17.6% of the sexual-harassment claims filed with the
U.S. Equal Employment Opprtunity Commission were filed by men (source).
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also here
Researchers interested in further exploring this theory might try out a version of the
training in which the scenarios depicted show harassment without regard to the gender or
sexuality of harasser or victim, then seeing if they still get the same results.
Daniel Case
On Thursday, May 5, 2016 12:22 PM, Marie Earley <eiryel(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
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Lauren B. Edelman has done research on "symbolic compliance" (from The
Guardian), which refers to the way organizations' anti-harassment and diversity
policies and procedures are primarily focused on demonstrating compliance in a legal
context - and likely do little to actually reduce discrimination or harassment.
http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/may/02/sexual-harassment-training-f…
Pdf of Edelman's work (2008):
http://web.stanford.edu/~mldauber/workshop/Edelman.pdf
Under that theory the intention of the course is to tick a legal box - "we sent all
our staff on a course" - but the course actually causes what Edelman describes as,
"a backlash in males".
Marie
Date: Wed, 4 May 2016 11:13:58 -0400
From: risker.wp(a)gmail.com
To: gendergap(a)lists.wikimedia.org
Subject: Re: [Gendergap] Study: men who receive harassment training “significantly less
likely” to recognize harassment
Responding to WSC: In many settings, including healthcare, higher education, and certain
industries, ALL staff are provided with anti-harassment training; it's often treated
as an extension of basic health and safety training, and is frequently mandatory. It has
nothing to do with the gender identity of staff or their personal history of interactions
with others. It is usually presented as a philosophical approach, and there is rarely an
effective program that reinforces optimal behaviour and discourages suboptimal behaviour
that follows behind the training. So no, I don't think it's a case of "those
who need it most" going there. Neotarf, I'd actually question whether
there's any validity to the *perception* that training works; in fact, there are a lot
of studies that indicate training (particularly ritualized training that is provided
without a specific context) is not closely associated with behavioural change. It's
only a step above "create a policy". What works is regular reinforcement when
behaviour lapses, and empowerment of people to reinforce the desired
behaviour. Risker/Anne
On 3 May 2016 at 15:04, WereSpielChequers <werespielchequers(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Significantly less likely than men who don't attend such training..........
So does that mean the targeting is correct and the people sent on such training are
disproportionately those who most need it?
If you want a test of how effective that training is you could try an AB test. Study a
large group of attendees, half before and half after such training. Or a large group of
men a few months before and after such training to see if those who attend make more
progress than those who don't. Comparing those who don't attend with those who do
would only make sense if the attendees were randomly chosen.
WereSpielChequers
On 3 May 2016, at 15:53, Neotarf <neotarf(a)gmail.com> wrote:
"A study in the Journal of Applied Behavioral Science found men who participated in a
university staff sexual harassment programme were “significantly less likely” to see
coercive behaviour as sexual harassment."
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/work/sexual-harassment-training-makes-men-…
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