Toxic Culture: How Shall the Punishment Fit the Crime?

By Karetta Hubbard, Lynne Revo-Cohen, Gwen Crider, and Dr. Chris Kilmartin In a previous article, we discussed that sexism is a form of prejudice, just as racism is.  In the last article, we discussed Prevention of Sexual Harassment at work: What’s OK, What’s Not OK? We listed workplace behavior that is acceptable, and behavior that […]

Toxic Culture: Sexual Harassment – What’s OK, What’s Not?

By Karetta Hubbard, Lynne Revo-Cohen, Gwen Crider, and Dr. Chris Martin. Sexism is a form of prejudice, just as Racism is. In the conversation we presented in our previous story, men learned to confront each other, and as an important byproduct, to support each other. We received the following comment from a reader.  “Interesting article, as they […]

Toxic Culture: Men Challenging Men

By Karetta Hubbard, Lynne Revo-Cohen, Gwen Crider, and Dr. Chris Martin Our previous article featured a conversation between the CEO, the HR director, and staff, with the CEO explaining that harassment incidents were not acceptable in his company. (Read the article.) Comments from Readers on last week’s article: “What struck me reading this article is that the […]

Toxic Culture: Enlisting Men as Allies

By Karetta Hubbard, Lynne Revo-Cohen, Gwen Crider, and Dr. Chris Martin “Most men are fair-minded; they like women, are friends with women, and are offended by sexism (Kilmartin & Berkowitz, 2005). However, they overestimate other men’s sexism (Kilmartin et al., 2008). When progressive men and women let them know that they are not alone in […]