Why is reported sexual harassment of students higher at prestigious universities (measured by required A-level entry grades) than at those requiring lower levels of A-level achievement?
As Jo Grady (UCU) points out, it is these universities that funnel many people into top jobs leading to the possibility that 'top' universities' inability to halt such harassment of students normalises this among senior staff across the country as they progress their careers?
#politics
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2026/may/08/sexual-harassment-statistics-england-top-universities-analysis
@ChrisMayLA6 My guess is that the women at prestigious universities are better at lawfare and more "cut throat" when it comes to getting ahead on competitive markets than at others.
For instance, I know male partners at law firms who no longer have meetings with women alone. They always make sure to have an observer or record the meeting to avoid lawfare and extortion.
They also refrain from promoting women to partners, since fake harassment allegation is too great a risk.
@h4890
Yes I also wondered about that; however the data is on reported instances by students not on the actual cases that might be advanced though complaints mechanisms (as I understood the data), which suggests that the willingness to proceed through formal complaints mechanisms is not the variable