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Men flirt more when their bosses are women - because they feel inferior

2022-10-06T05:50:49.581Z


Men flirt more when their bosses are women - because they feel inferior Created: 06/10/2022, 07:30 By: Jasmine Farah Flirting at work: It's difficult if it's your own boss. Men should do it specifically with women in order to gain advantages. Insecurity, dominance or real interest? When men flirt with women at work, it is often disturbing for the women involved. Especially if it's a female lea


Men flirt more when their bosses are women - because they feel inferior

Created: 06/10/2022, 07:30

By: Jasmine Farah

Flirting at work: It's difficult if it's your own boss.

Men should do it specifically with women in order to gain advantages.

Insecurity, dominance or real interest?

When men flirt with women at work, it is often disturbing for the women involved.

Especially if it's a female leader.

After all, the latter want to be respected and valued in their position.

Attempts to flirt, however, severely disrupt the relationship and take it to a personal level.

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Men flirt more when their bosses are women - because they feel inferior

A new study found that men who report to female bosses in the workplace are more likely to flirt with them than women who report to male bosses.

With the hope of gaining professional advantages as a result.

The study was recently published in the journal

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes

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If an employee flirts with the boss, this is often dismissed as harmless.

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To do this, the researchers led by study leader Laura Kray completed six experiments with almost 2,600 men, most of whom are heterosexual and live in the USA.

First, the researchers wanted to know how the subjects rated their own sexual attraction to others in order to predict social sexual behavior in the workplace.

To do this, they had the subjects carry out exercises in which the scientists asked them how they saw certain scenarios at work, or had them decide between several predefined questions that the participants would ask a supervisor or colleague.

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Study: Some employees feel threatened in their masculinity

The result of the study: Men who feel subordinate and therefore inferior to women at work are said to have shown explicit behavior in order to promote themselves at work.

Research leader Kray refers to this as a "power grab" - according to which the men who report to a female manager are said to be driven by the desire for power.

This means that they want to possess more power in a suggestive way because they feel their power and therefore their masculinity are threatened.

According to Kray, they should also try to gain control of the situation.

Although this behavior can already be uncomfortable for the women involved, it is difficult to unmask it as sexual harassment, as it resonates very subtly.

"There's a whole gray area in between," explains Kray.

Perpetrators would often use the excuse that their remarks were only meant to be funny.

The researchers are now calling for both companies and employees to reconsider their views of acceptable behavior in the workplace and, if necessary, improve them.

Source: merkur

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