Gender asymmetries (IMAGE)

University of Tokyo

Gender asymmetries

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Sexual harassment affects women at dramatically higher rates, which is consistent with earlier studies. But nonsexual harassment shows no meaningful gender gap. Male and female founders report it at essentially the same rates. This implies power imbalances inherent in building a startup dependent on other people for funding, customers or partnerships create risks for everyone, regardless of gender. ©2026 Yamaguchi et al. CC-BY-ND

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