Dozens of men failed to stop an alleged gang rape at Cornell – here’s the misperception that keeps bystanders from intervening and how to short‑circuit it

People may accept bad behavior – even sexual assault – when they overestimate how acceptable their peers think it is. But there are ways to undermine this thinking and make intervention more likely.

康奈爾大學一起涉嫌輪奸案中，數十名男子在群聊中實時知情卻無人乾預。社會心理學家指出，男性普遍誤以為同伴比他更接受性暴力，這種錯誤認知抑制了乾預意願，而糾正誤判和 bystander 乾預培訓能顯著降低性暴力發生率。