Dozens of men failed to stop an alleged gang rape at Cornell – here’s the misperception that keeps bystanders from intervening and how to short-circuit it

T1Covered by 1 source · first reported by MIT News (research) / Quanta / The Conversation at 01 Oct, 19:05 UTC

People may accept bad behavior – even sexual assault – when they overestimate how acceptable their peers think it is. But there are ways to undermine this thinking and make intervention more likely.

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• T1Dozens of men failed to stop an alleged gang rape at Cornell – here’s the misperception that keeps bystanders from intervening and how to short-circuit itMIT News (research) / Quanta / The Conversation01 Oct, 19:05