This reminds me—I wonder if “creepiness” is to some extent a group phenomenon. If one or two (high status?) women in group are creeped out, then they might influence others in the group.
Emotions themselves are contagious, particularly with an ingroup member, and that’s not counting the usual status and ingroup/outgroup dynamics.
One complication. I’d expect real unsafe assault threat creepiness to decrease while you’re in a group from mitigation of the threat, while low status creepiness to increase.
I’d expect real unsafe assault threat creepiness to decrease while you’re in a group from mitigation of the threat, while low status creepiness to increase.
Wait… Why would you be more creeped out by a low-status person if they’re your friend? If anything, I’d expect you to eventually realize that theirs is cluelessness rather than malevolence, and eventually get used to it. (I’m reasonably sure I’m more likely to low-status-creep someone I’ve just met that someone I’ve known for a while—though I might just be insufficiently controlling for the relevant confounding factors.)
Wait… Why would you be more creeped out by a low-status person if they’re your friend?
I wouldn’t. We have a clash of the imaginations.
In the scenario in my head, the Creep was never a member of your group, was an assault threat creep, and you may or may not be in a group. When you’re in a group, you’re safer from the creep, therefore perceived creepiness is diminished along with decreased feeling of threat.
This reminds me—I wonder if “creepiness” is to some extent a group phenomenon. If one or two (high status?) women in group are creeped out, then they might influence others in the group.
I’m sure it is.
Emotions themselves are contagious, particularly with an ingroup member, and that’s not counting the usual status and ingroup/outgroup dynamics.
One complication. I’d expect real unsafe assault threat creepiness to decrease while you’re in a group from mitigation of the threat, while low status creepiness to increase.
“You” the creeper or “you” the crepee?
You the creepee.
Wait… Why would you be more creeped out by a low-status person if they’re your friend? If anything, I’d expect you to eventually realize that theirs is cluelessness rather than malevolence, and eventually get used to it. (I’m reasonably sure I’m more likely to low-status-creep someone I’ve just met that someone I’ve known for a while—though I might just be insufficiently controlling for the relevant confounding factors.)
I wouldn’t. We have a clash of the imaginations.
In the scenario in my head, the Creep was never a member of your group, was an assault threat creep, and you may or may not be in a group. When you’re in a group, you’re safer from the creep, therefore perceived creepiness is diminished along with decreased feeling of threat.
Yes, I got that, I was talking about the “while low status creepiness to increase” at the end of that comment.