Some scholars argue that all men are potential sexual predators, but science does not bear out this dismal premise. Most men do not “corner” women by the copy machine, surreptitiously “ass-grab” when the opportunity arises, brag about sexual assault as part of “locker-room talk,” or show up to business meetings in bathrobes. Many men would not dream of harming women in these ways, or risk compromising their reputations, their futures, or their moral standards with inappropriate sexual advances, even if they experience sexual attraction and could get away with it. But some men do, and the
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