Confirmation Bias: Accused Sexual Harassers Get Promoted Up The Corporate Ladder Despite Their Behvior
By Elizabeth C. Tippett The Converation (9/28/18) One day after hearing emotional testimony from accuser Christine Blasey Ford, the Senate Judiciary Committee advanced Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to become a U.S. Supreme Court justice pending an FBI investigation. For millions of American women – both those who’ve survived assault and those who have experienced workplace harassment – seeing a man on the path to promotion despite allegations of harassment is jarring yet painfully familiar. Recent examples include former CBS Chair Les Moonves and Fox’s Bill O’Reilly, not to mention media mogul Harvey Weinstein. Sadly, this brand of discrimination has been undermining equality in the workplace for decades. Burning at two levels…