> How is women dealing with harassment different than men dealing with other men who are just assholes?
In general, white men get their work attacked, women/minorities get their identity attacked, that's the difference.
In general, white men get their work attacked, women/minorities get their identity attacked, that's the difference.
For example, a person who identifies themselves as a successful professional might be bullied by someone who attack their work, but thats just an indirection. The attack is on the identity, and the work just happen to be the easiest attack vector in order to attack the identity of the person.
A lot of white guys in startups recognize racial nepotism and can't call it out, so instead they go and start their own companies, or get politically isolated, quit, and go somewhere else. Maybe some of them vent frustrations on extreme subreddits and vote trump, but they aren't going to HR or the news over it.