Stereotypical Views Research Articles

Abu Hamid al-Ghazali in Russian Islamology: Soviet and Early Post-Soviet Period

The article provides a comprehensive picture of the state of research on the thought of Abu Hamid al-Ghazali (1058–1111), the greatest Islamic jurist, theologian and thinker, in Soviet and Post-Soviet Russia. The research is important because there is a widespread stereotypical view in the West and Russia that the decline of rationalism in the Muslim world and strengthening of Mysticism is due to al-Ghazali. The first part of the article traces down a number of research projects carried out during the aforementioned period, the dominant research trends and different approaches to al-Ghazali’s thought in general and certain his teachings. The author demonstrates that Soviet and Russian researchers have made a substantial progress in studying the intellectual legacy of al-Ghazali due to forsaking the one-sided approach that prevailed in Marxist Oriental studies during the Soviet era. According to their views, al-Ghazali developed a rationalistic trend of the Islamic Theology (Kalam) and Muslim Peripatetic Philosophy. Studies on al-Ghazali carried out in the late Soviet era and in Post-Soviet Russia will be analyzed in the second part of the paper.

文系観・理系観の形成プロセスの解明―国立大学の学生を対象としてー

文系観・理系観の形成プロセスの解明―国立大学の学生を対象としてー

Aging Stereotypes and the Customer Orientations of Older Hospitality Employees

ABSTRACT While the older population generally and the older workforce in particular has been growing in most countries, scholars have not explored how the work performance of this group is affected by stereotypical views toward them. This study aims to explore older service employee (OSE) perceptions of aging stereotypes that are attributed to them by their colleagues and customers and to investigate their respective impacts on OSE customer orientations. Methodologically, this study adopts a quantitative approach and establishes a structural equation model that applies partial least squares. The findings show that OSE customer orientations are negatively impacted by the aging stereotypes of their colleagues. However, no significant relationship is evident between OSE customer orientations and the aging stereotypes attributed by customers. This study is one of the first to explore aging stereotypes in hospitality work settings and to model a relationship between aging stereotypes and OSE work performance. Practical contributions concerning the creation and maintenance of an inclusive work environment are also discussed.

Development of a clinical pathway for screening and integrated care of eating disorders in a rural substance use treatment setting.

Eating and substance use disorders frequently co-occur in clinical samples. This comorbidity presents a particular challenge due to increased medical complications, higher relapse rates, psychiatric comorbidity, and poorer overall outcomes for both disorders, and is associated with specific medical and psychiatric difficulties that contribute to complexity in diagnosis and treatment. However, patients with co-occurring substance use and eating disorders do not widely receive structured standardized assessment or treatment for eating disorders in substance use treatment settings. Focus groups were conducted to seek clinician's knowledge and perceptions of screening and care planning for eating disorder presentations in a rural substance use treatment setting. The study adheres to COREQ guidelines. To analyse the focus group data, the authors utilized thematic analysis and three major themes emerged as follows: beliefs about clients (stereotypical views, complexity of comorbidity, client expectations), understanding of self (lack of knowledge/skills, professional role), and organizational barriers and enablers. Whilst identifying a significant number of clinician and organizational barriers to providing screening and treatment of eating disorders in a substance use treatment setting, focus group discussions also highlighted a number of potential enablers. Most notably clinicians identified a willingness to provide screening and care planning if they were provided with education, a clinical pathway and access to screening tools. A consensus conferencing approach facilitated construction of a clinical pathway to enable the service to provide screening, assessment, and treatment planning for clients with comorbid eating disorder.

СИНТАГМАТИКА КАК СПОСОБ ИНДИВИДУАЛИЗАЦИИ ВОЗРАСТНЫХ СТЕРЕОТИПОВ В РОМАНАХ М.А. ШОЛОХОВА

It is argued that the skill of the writer is the ability to use the stereotypical views of readers as a basis for recognition and acceptance of the characters’ images. At the same time, individualization is layered on the stereotype, and is formed to a large extent due to the appeal to the combinative potential of the various comparisons, which embody the stereotype. The use of age stereotypes in the novel prose of M. A. Sholokhov is considered. It is noted that the writer resorts to stable comparisons with the lexical variation and expansion, appeals to individual comparisons, based on conjunctions and semantically connected with the preconceptions about age (individual ones are almost three times more than stable ones). The deployment of comparisons due to the spread of each full-valued component is also repetitive. More often than comparisons, based on conjunctions, the author uses comparative adverbs, which help him to focus the reader’s attention on the nuances of age characteristics. At the same time, the predominance of prefix-suffix derivatives (по-детски, по-молодому, etc.) over suffix derivatives (детски, старчески, etc.) allows us to conclude that Sholokhov tends to accentuate the detail as such but not the quality of it. If the comparisons, based on conjunctions, make it possible to emphasize a frequent deviation in the characteristic or in the behavior of the individual from the so-called standard, the adverbial comparisons are not so homogeneous: a third part of them allows to see the correspondence of personal characteristics expected for the particular age group.

The political economy of progressive fiscal contracts in Africa and Latin America

AbstractMotivationHow can poorer developing countries escape the vicious circle in which, because the state is fragile, they cannot raise sufficient public revenue to be able to finance development, leading to the persistence of poverty and state fragility? We explore a new approach to this problem, which we call progressive fiscal contracts, in which government earmarks the proceeds of particular taxes to be spent on forms of expenditure which will have widespread benefits for lower income groups, such as health, education and social protection. Taxpayers are thus offered a contractual relationship with government (better‐targeted delivery of public services in return for tax payments) in place of a coercive one (simply being ordered to pay taxes, with nothing being offered in exchange). We seek to examine whether this kind of contractual approach offers a way forward for developing countries.PurposeAcross five countries (Bolivia, Ecuador, Venezuela, Ghana and Zambia) between 2000 and 2015, we seek to find out whether tax yields have improved following the introduction of progressive fiscal contracts, whether conflict and poverty have declined, and whether there have been countervailing costs in terms of reduced efficiency. We also examine the experience of two countries (Brazil and Chile) where there is no formal earmarking but government has encouraged the public to think of particular taxes as being associated with particular forms of expenditure.Approach and methodsWe assess the impact of changes in tax yields, welfare indicators and conflict indicators by means of panel‐data regressions, tabular comparisons and, in Bolivia, qualitative interviews. Changes in efficiency are assessed through examination of changes in tax structure.FindingsAcross all of the countries surveyed, the introduction of progressive fiscal contracts has been associated with a reduction in headcount poverty between 2000 and 2015, and in Bolivia our qualitative evidence suggests that the relationship can be seen as a causal one. In three cases out of five (Ghana, Bolivia and Ecuador) tax yields have increased, and in two (Bolivia and Ecuador) there was a significant reduction in political violence. In the Latin American cases examined, but not the African ones, there was a shift from royalty‐based taxation to income‐based taxation of natural resources, suggesting the likelihood of an improvement in efficiency over the period in those countries only. In these cases, the stereotypical view that progressive fiscal contracts improve equity at the expense of efficiency is contradicted.Policy implications (or conclusions)Progressive fiscal contracts, which originated as a device for making tax payments more palatable by offering social benefits in return, show promise as an innovative strategy for boosting tax ratios, reducing political violence and reducing poverty, which deserves further exploration.

Impact of Service Learning on Student Attitudes Toward the Poor and Underserved.

Patient-centered care necessitates an appreciation of one's socioeconomic status and its influence on health and well-being. We explored how student attitudes toward poverty changed as a result of participation in an interprofessional service-learning experience. Students from 6 health profession programs participated in an interprofessional military-sponsored free health care event serving nearly 8000 individuals from our community. Students' pre-post attitudes toward poverty were measured using the Attitude Toward Poverty Short Form (ATP-SF) and Beliefs About the Relationship Between Poverty and Health (BRPH) scale. Two subscales and 14 items on the ATP-SF and 3 items on the BRPH had significant differences between their pre and post experience. Students expressed less bias, a decrease in stereotypic views, and a heightened willingness to advocate on behalf of those with limited means of support. Findings suggest that experiential, transformative service learning has a positive impact on students' attitudes toward poverty and the underserved.

Tout bouge autour de moi de Dany Laferrière au crible de l’éthique décoloniale de Fritta Caro

Dans le présent article, j’aborde Tout bouge autour de moi, un essai de Dany Laferrière au crible d'une méthodologie éthique proposée par Helena Martín Franco, une artiste colombienne établie au Québec, afin de désarmer le stéréotype du "pays maudit" que le discours occidental a posé sur Haïti. La méthodologie proposée par Martín Franco m'amène au-delà de l'écriture de Dany Laferrière jusqu'aux origines racistes et colonialistes du stéréotype expliqué dans l’œuvre d’un historien haïtien qui fait une brève apparition dans son essai, Michel-Rolph Trouillot. De cette façon, j'amorce une exploration des possibilités épistémologiques et pédagogiques du discours des artistes latino-américains et caribéens établis au Québec en établissant une relation dissonante en celui-ci et les visions stéréotypées de cette région.

INTERVIEW WITH BILL MILLER ON THE EVOLVING LANDSCAPE OF GAMBLING IN THE UNITED STATES

INTERVIEW WITH BILL MILLER ON THE EVOLVING LANDSCAPE OF GAMBLING IN THE UNITED STATES

The Menace of Women Trafficking and the Implications on the Nigerian Society: A Decisive Approach to Halting It

Trafficking in women for sexual exploitation is an economic activity motivated by profit taking, and it has gained notoriety in Nigeria, particularly Rivers State where many families today are selling their daughters into international prostitution as the most lucrative alternative to escape extreme poverty. As a result, the number of young women offering themselves to be trafficked is shocking; they are no more being forced, tricked or threatened into selling sex. Empirically it seems better-paid than other low-skill, labour-intensive professions. A number of questions begging for answers have been raised. Among the questions: What are the causes and consequences of trafficking in women? How can the problem of trafficking in women for profit motives be halted in Nigeria? Why has there been this boom in Nigeria despite being a signatory to the abolition of this menace? Furthermore, what does trafficking in women portend for the socio-economic development and survival of the Nigerian state and citizens? It is in view of these glaring questions that this study intends to proffer solutions. From the findings, the study reveals that aside being an economic activity for profit motives; trafficking in women dehumanizes the dignity of womanhood, and that reinforces the stereotypical views about women as sex objects which can be used and abused by men, and by implication, further entrenching the existing patriarchal societal order. Secondly, there is a significant relationship between trafficking in women and health risks such as infection of HIV/AIDS and psychological trauma. In other words, some of victims contract HIV/AID and ever remain psychologically traumatized and mentally enslaved. Also, the study shows that trafficking in women violates human rights. Victims are not only subjected to violence, threats and other forms of physical and mental abuse, but pathetic and dehumanizing. Based on this, the study concludes that since poverty is often the reason for trafficking in women, economic empowerment programmes via job creations, skills acquisitions and loans without collateral and interest should be a core necessity to free all trapped victims. Finally, the study recommends that poverty, ignorance and unemployment must be addressed by the government to stop people being lured into trafficking. Furthermore, public awareness should be organized with hand bills, pamphlets and other educative materials against trafficking in women and the evils inherent in its activities. The agency responsible for the eradicating the problem of human trafficking must be adequately and promptly funded and logistic support must be given to this agency from the government, non-governmental organizations and the entire local and international communities. In addition, government, NGOs and other wealthy cheerful givers should be encouraged to assist to re-integrate, rehabilitate and counsel victims. What is more, the judiciary must ensure that offenders of this heinous crime against women are apprehended, prosecuted and punished Keywords: Trafficking in women; NAPTIP; Sexual exploitation, Sex slavery, Degradation and Dehumanization of women DOI: 10.7176/RHSS/10-4-15 Publication date: February 29 th 2020

Practising privilege. How settling in Thailand enables older Western migrants to enact privilege over local people

ABSTRACTThis article provides an empirical account of how older Western migrants in Thailand (N: 20) negotiate, practice, and justify their privilege in Thai society to secure the ‘good’ life they are seeking through migration. We show that they justify their economic privilege relative to locals by describing it as unavoidable and accepted by Thais. They can also live a ‘good’ life because they benefit from global racialised hierarchies built on the illusion of their superiority vis-à-vis locals. Women and men seem to have distinct ways of enacting privilege. Women practice their privilege through the consumption for their own gratification of reconstructed and stereotypical understandings of Thai culture, cast as primitive, spiritual and authentic. Men, instead, practice privilege in the form of new-found masculinity, sexuality and status that ageing has deprived them of in Western societies. In both cases, their understandings of Thai society and culture are superficial or simply inaccurate. Their narrow and stereotypical views of Thailand rather serve to justify their individual projects for self-gratification, while at the same time allowing them to see themselves as morally superior to local people, but also to exploitative and racist Westerners.

Nigerian Afrobeats and Religious Stereotypes: Pushing the Boundaries of a Music Genre Beyond the Locus of Libertinism

The social morality of Afrobeats in Nigeria often evokes reactive emotions of approbation and obloquy. While some critics contend that hip hop has deleterious effects on youths, because it encourages permissiveness, others are of the opinion that the music genre performs certain invaluable functions, and should not be besmirched. The binary variables trailing hip hop have even been recast by religious mawkishness, as many adherents of Abrahamism dissociate themselves from Afrobeats claiming that it promotes vulgarity, and is not fit for the consumption of unfeigned believers. This bias underpins the emergence of a parallel religio-centric music genre which has Christian and Islamic eschatology as its central theme, though the music sometimes copies Afrobeats style. In this study, the antipathy of religious persons/institutions in Nigeria to hip hop is examined. Using sociological-functional theory, moral relativist paradigm, and (traditional/virtual) exploratory-qualitative research instruments; we argue that the music is functional and socially relevant, contrary to the stereotypical view of anti-hip hop proponents. The study critiques some Nigerian Afrobeats songs to confound the conventionalisation of the music genre as a site of libertinism or a locus for the thingification of femaleness. It advocates aggressive promotion of the music locally and abroad, since it bears Nigerian signature and serves as the country’s creative contribution to global hip-hop culture. We submit that the art form can be pruned of its smuttiness to augment its acceptability, just as it can be developed to an industry capable of generating foreign exchange for Nigeria.

Teachers’ attitudes towards inclusive education of children with ASD: A review of Russian and foreign research

Introduction. Contemporary psychological and pedagogical studies emphasise that the success of inclusive education of children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) depends largely on teachers’ readiness and ability to understand students’ with ASD specific needs and take them into account when implementing learning technologies. Thus, it is extremely important to investigate teachers’ attitudes towards educational inclusion of students with autism and identify factors, which may facilitate or hinder teachers’ readiness to work with this category of students in an inclusive format.Aim. On the basis of an analytical review of Russian and foreign academic publications, the aims of the research were the following: to identify and specify the attitudes of teachers to the educational education of children with ASD; to reveal the factors that determine educators’ readiness to teach children with ASD.Methodology and research methods. The theoretical and methodological framework of the research involves social and psychological concepts of an inclusive culture formation in the society. The authors used the methods of theoretical and comparative analysis, systematisation and generalisation of research publications and materials concerning the origins of stereotypical views of different social groups towards children with autism and the problems of professional training of teachers to work in the conditions of inclusion.Results and scientific novelty. The teachers’ attitudes towards children with ASD are highlighted and described on the basis of a complete and complex review of academic publications, which was undertaken for the first time. The authors identify the reasons for positive attitude towards this kind of inclusion and barriers preventing the perception of students with autism as full participants in the educational process. The rejection of idea concerning the possibility and effectiveness of mutual learning of schoolchildren with normative development and with ASD results from the teachers’ characteristics (lack of awareness about the heterogeneity of autism and its manifestations, uncertainty in own forces and abilities to interact with children with expressed emotional and behavioural disorders) and from the lack of methodological and advisory assistance, including the absence of support by an interdisciplinary team of specialists. The age and profile of teachers’ professional activities may also be influenced by the willingness to work in the conditions of inclusion with children with ASD. The recommendations for change in negative attitudes of general education school teachers to the discussed type of inclusion are proposed.Practical significance. The research results can be used to develop a set of measures for improving the inclusive culture of teachers and eliminate their skepticism about teaching in mainstream educational institutions for children with ASD. Moreover, the present findings might help to design specific technologies for interaction with children both in the educational context and in the widest range of social situations.

ОБҐРУНТУВАННЯ ПОТРЕБИ І ВРАХУВАННЯ ГЕНДЕРНОГО АСПЕКТУ В СИСТЕМІ СПОРТИВНОЇ ПІДГОТОВКИ

Introduction. The issue of gender equality in sport is multidimensional, requiring a variety of research, drafting relevant legislation and regulations, and training professionals to work at different levels, educated on gender issues. Meanwhile, the key issue for the topic of the formation of a modern system of training athletes, taking into account the culture of gender relations remains insufficiently elaborated at the level of theory in Ukraine, although it must preempt, direct the actions of various practitioners who are otherwise compelled to act, based on foreign experience and sound experience. Research purpose. Substantiation of the need and consideration of gender in the system of sports training in Ukraine. Research methods and materials. The complex of methods of theoretical research (generalization of literature, materials from the Internet, content of previous own scientific developments, abstraction, idealization, analysis and synthesis, induction and deduction), as well as questioning on the developed author's questionnaire were used. As a result of the coaches' survey, 62 correctly completed questionnaires were obtained. Results. The stage of gender socialization in adulthood facilitates the revision of norms and patterns of genderrelated behavior and some adjustment of personality traits, but the formation of personality traits in a particular activity continues. In adulthood, masculine sports contribute to increasing courage, firmness, and self-control in women; increasing dominance, self-control, and reducing anxiety in men. Feminine species contribute to women's decline in dominance, increasing anxiety, non-conformism, increasing stereotypical views on qualities inherent in men and women in society; whereas men develop straightforwardness and emotional stability. It is known that the general fundamentals of sports training, presented by the theory of sport, are common to men and women. However, some factors, such as socio-psychological, as well as the characteristics of women's body make some conditioning in their training. It is therefore very important, when preparing national and regional programs aimed at the development of physical culture and sports, to take into account not only age, but also gender, as a guarantee of ensuring the prerequisites for creating equal opportunities for access to sports and fair distribution of public funds for this sphere of life society. Conclusions. 1. The gender components of sport theory, which carry information about the real processes of socio-sexual relations in the field of sport, are now the result of extrapolation of the basic provisions of general gender science to sport theory and thus are included in the structure of sport theory. However, the problem of the direct transposition of gender perspectives into the field of sport only indicates that there is an objective need to gain new knowledge at the frontier of general gender and to study gender-specific sport issues. 2. Due to the variety of forms of exercise, the sport sector needs further exploration for optimal implementation of the gender approach, including conducting gender studies to address existing social and socio-psychological problems. Yes, there is a gender disparity issue with gender roles chosen by women in sports, and this can create conflicting life situations that go beyond the professional responsibilities of coaches. The principle of taking into account the sociogender identity of a person is poorly taken into account in sport, as evidenced by the opening up of opportunities for women to engage in almost all masculine sports, because at present the concepts of implementation of this principle in sport have not been developed or implemented. 3. Therefore, there is a societal need, both for continued research and for qualified specialists trained in the gender components of sports theory and practice, who are able to apply this knowledge to the development of the sports movement, as well as to improve the level of knowledge of students in specialized higher education institutions that complicated by the practical lack of software and methodological support of the educational process at the level of systematic integration of the principles of sports theory and gender in the field of sports. 4. Based on the above, in the current context, it is possible to recommend to the broad practice, which should be specified by the available exceptions (conscious personal preferences and needs of boys and girls to the selected sport), classes that are more suitable for the sex. Keywords: gender, athlete's personality, gender aspect in the system of sports training, masculinity, femininity, antagonistic sports, synergistic sports, autonomous sports.

Do Female Role Models Reduce the Gender Gap in Science? Evidence from French High Schools

We show in a large-scale field experiment that a brief exposure to female role models working in scientific fields affects high school students’ perceptions and choice of undergraduate major. While the classroom interventions generally reduce the prevalence of stereotypical views on jobs in science and gender differences in abilities, the effects on educational choices are concentrated among high-achieving girls in Grade 12. They are more likely to enroll in selective and male-dominated STEM programs in college. The most effective role model interventions are those that improved students’ perceptions of STEM careers without overemphasizing women’s underrepresentation in science.

Соціальні та юридично-психологічні аспекти домашнього насильства

The purpose of the scientific article is to identify the segmentation and multiple vectors of domestic violence in different social categories and to substantiate the need to eradicate discriminatory stereotypical perceptions of family and domestic behavior. Methodology. The methodological basis of the article is a comprehensive approach in the combination of system-structural, formal-logical, comparative-legal methods. The theoretical basis was the work of domestic and foreign scientists on different aspects of domestic violence. The process of research used a dialectical method of scientific knowledge of social and legal phenomena, which allows to objectively determine the patterns of manifestation of various aspects of domestic violence. The structural and functional method was used to investigate the links between the elements of domestic and domestic violence. The formal legal method made it possible to establish links between social roles and domestic violence. The methods of theoretical modeling were applied to form practical recommendations and outline prospects for further research. The scientific novelty of the article is to cover social segments of domestic violence that have not been previously represented in national scientific opinion, taking into account current processes of globalization, affirming the principles of gender equality, the need to eradicate discriminatory stereotyped views. The work is an attempt to distinguish between the segmentation of domestic violence in the world arena and in the domestic socio-legal, cultural space, emphasizing the complexity of the links in the structure of domestic violence. Conclusions. The structure of the scientific article is based on a modular system and covers various aspects of domestic violence. The chosen structure made it possible to consistently and systematically analyze domestic violence. Various social sections of domestic violence have been identified. It is noted that along with the ideas of feminism on domestic violence, there is also a “movement for the rights of men” in general and on domestic violence in particular. The features of domestic violence in the LGBT environment are outlined. It is emphasized that any violence against the child has a negative impact on the child’s body and personality development. Loyalty conflict, attachment theory, post-traumatic stress, and maternal stress were identified. Emphasis is placed on the status of the child abuser and the child victim of domestic violence. The views of national scientists and the views of scientists, researchers of the USA, Canada, Australia, the Republic of France, the Republic of Senegal, the Republic of Mauritius are stated. The importance of joint work of the scientific community, domestic and foreign scientists, international organizations, state structures to develop effective measures of prevention, combating domestic violence in order to eliminate discriminatory models of behavior in the family and everyday life, taking into account the type of legal system and the vector of defining state policy in sphere of family legal relations. Based on the results of the study, the conclusions and recommendations are formulated and recommendations outlined for the prospects for further research

Polaków stosunek do edukacji — w kręgu językowo­‍‑kulturowych stereotypów

The aim of the article is a reconstruction of a linguistic and cultural fragment of the stereotypical views of Poles — their attitude to education and schooling. The analysis uses research tools developed as part of Polish ethno-linguistic research. The corpus of the work is language data collected in a questionnaire survey in which 140 respondents took part (70 from Poland and 70 from Slovenia). The analysis of statements reflecting a different, because Polish or Slovenian, perspective reveals some discrepancies. Three basic subcategories of Poles’ attitudes towards education and schooling were singled out and described in detail: 1) positive, 2) negative, 3) other. A vast majority of the excerpts contribute to the model of positive perception of Polish education and schooling.

Findings and views on occupational safety and health teaching at universities.

Young employees have often poorer occupational safety and health (OSH) skills and knowledge than older employees. Efforts should be made at different educational levels to strengthen young employees' OSH skills and knowledge. To analyze OSH perceptions and attitudes among university students and to examine OSH professionals' views on OSH teaching. This explorative study employs an iterative multi-method approach, including a paired comparison questionnaire for university students (N = 104) and OSH professionals (N = 40), an OSH questionnaire for university students (N = 130) and a Delphi survey for OSH professionals (N = 26). OSH perceptions and attitudes were found to vary widely among the students and some expressed somewhat stereotypical views about OSH. The results confirm the need to improve OSH education. To that end, the study reports concrete practical ideas from OSH professionals. The findings confirm the need to augment both the quality and quantity of OSH teaching at university level. Ideas are presented for future OSH teaching, along with recommendations for future studies.

Beyond the Policy Rhetoric: The Limitations of Gender Mainstreaming in South Korea Relating to Women and Childcare

This article examines the limitations of the gender mainstreaming discourse regarding the issue of childcare by women in South Korea, an area of responsibility that was transferred from the Ministry of Health and Welfare (MHW) to the Ministry of Gender Equality (MGE)1 in 2003. Through employing a discursive institutionalism approach, this article articulates that whilst the gender mainstreaming discourse has been interpreted at the surface level of politics, it has been formulated differently behind the scenes due to various policy interests. I argue that the discourse has remained at the level of superficial political rhetoric with underdeveloped understanding about the relationship between childcare and gender, thus retaining a stereotypical view of women as caregivers.

To Be there when it Happened: Immersive Journalism, Empathy, and Opinion on Sexual Harassment

ABSTRACTThe study examines the use of immersive journalism, journalistic storytelling using Virtual Reality, as a tool to promote knowledge, empathy, and change in views and opinions on the phenomenon of sexual harassment among men and women. Testimonies of employees reporting workplace harassment were adapted into a screenplay. The screenplay presented ongoing verbal sexual harassment of an employee by her manager, filmed from the victim’s point of view by the use of a 360-degree camera. In a controlled experiment, change in attitudes on sexual harassment and empathy toward the victim were compared between participants consuming the content as either a written script, 2-dimensional screened video or 360-degree, 3-dimensional immersive virtual reality experience. The results point to an interaction effect, where a decrease in stereotypical views of sexual harassment was predicted by gender (men), method of consumption (immersive), and assessment of the effectiveness and emotionality of the content. Implications and directions for future research and practice are discussed.