They asked me if I was concerned about “social cohesion” in society. When I asked what they meant by that term they refused to say.

But next few minutes they said their biggest concern for “our country” was “social cohesion”.

I have a feeling this is code for #racism.

Can anyone explain?

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I feel like this is unfair to preteen boys, tbh. Plenty of them are far kinder and more empathetic than men like Summers will ever be, even if they are insecure.

I think the idea they are just acting like young boys probably says a lot about how early this toxic thinking and behavior is learned

They never got past being insecure teenage boys. Then they find themselves in positions of power and think fantasies can come true.

Yeah, my mom lost her PhD funding after she refused to go to a professor's house alone one night.

Men who are aware is doing a lot of lifting in this case

I don't think this ever happens.
Men who are aware that women are vulnerable in these situations behave accordingly, and find ways to communicate their professionalism.

Delusional at best. Unwilling to consider she’s not that into him or at all. Reminds her of her Grandpa. Or maybe her Dad’s age. Worthy investigating, this isn’t just a one-off and WHO he’s sharing this potential dalliance with.

At minimum this should trigger an investigation of whether Summers has ruined other young female economists' careers. Note the tense there: not "than I would enjoy", but "than I enjoy". As in, I have compelled women colleagues before and don't enjoy it. It's one line in an email, but a very bad one.

See @cohodes.bsky.social recent work for empirical evidence… bsky.app/profile/coho...

Or destroy the women after they make an obvious play and the woman says no.

These qualifiers unnecessary. The pervasiveness of the dynamic and its myriad ramifications exert a main effect across entire cohorts of women and across generations of time

Also, for those thinking--the woman in this case likely isn't a student--I'd argue that even if she's an assistant professor, a situation like this could still negatively affect her career or push her out of academia (particularly if his frustration leads him to start bad-mouthing her to others).

Of course, I can't say whether that's actually what happened in this particular case. But it's not an uncommon occurrence. And it happens across a wide range of fields (I mentioned STEM because of Summers's past comments blaming women's "aptitude" for the leaky pipeline in STEM).