“Sexual harassment in the workplace confuses rewards for performance with rewards for attractiveness and sexual availability.”

—  Warren Farrell, book The Myth of Male Power

Source: The Myth of Male Power (1993), Part III: Government as substitute husband, p. 284-5.

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