Does the race of the victim influence how quickly people intervene to protect women from sexual harassment? Contrary to initial expectations suggesting that bystanders might have a higher threshold for intervening in sexual harassment cases involving Black women, new research provides evidence people tend to respond similarly regardless of race. One study, out of three conducted, found that men were marginally quicker to intervene when witnessing a Black woman being sexually harassed, compared to when the harassment involved a White woman. The speed at which women chose to intervene did not va…
