Write An Essay On What Is The Bystander Effect On Byhumane
The bystander effect is a social psychological phenomenon where individuals are less likely to help a person in need when there are other people present. In the event of a person being sexually harassed or even raped, should the bystanders who did nothing to help just as guilty as the one committing the crime? Is the bystander effect still valid if bystanders witnessed the assault first hand? Or are they more likely to intervene? In 1964, Kitty Genovese was raped, robbed, and murdered in her building. Multiple neighbors heard her struggles and cries; yet her shouts and cries were ignored. “…One man, according to the 1964 New York Times article that broke the story, answered, "I didn't want to be involved.” (Chen, 2009) This case brought
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Nobody tried to help her or call the police. According to Drew Carberry, director at the National Council on Crime Prevention, “If you are in a crowd and you look and see that everyone is doing nothing, then doing nothing becomes the norm." (Chen, 2009). Those that watched in horror assumed that another person in the crowd contacted the authorities, which resulted in nobody calling for help. According to Salvator Didato, a psychologist in New York, bystanders aren’t important or even seen as a person. They lost their identity when the assailant took their choice and control. (Chen, …show more content…
If a person seemed to be high class, they were more likely to get help over the drunken person who collapsed on the ground. In a study conducted by Melanie Carson, it determined that a man’s feeling of masculinity was involved when decided to intervene during an assault. Men were given a few scenarios, including a gang rape, a heterosexual couple arguing with physical altercations, and three guys fighting. (Carson, 2008) In the scene with the men fighting, two-to-one, the participants were not likely to intervene because the man being ganged up on “deserved it” or “asked for it”. “ Participant John Smith2 illustrated this with his remarks, "I think that's, like, pretty much the general theme ... is just don't be weak. You know weak means being a pussy, being a wuss, being a crybaby."” (Carson, 2008) While most men would interfere with the couple arguing and getting physical, they hesitated on whether or not they would get involved with the gang
Nobody tried to help her or call the police. According to Drew Carberry, director at the National Council on Crime Prevention, “If you are in a crowd and you look and see that everyone is doing nothing, then doing nothing becomes the norm." (Chen, 2009). Those that watched in horror assumed that another person in the crowd contacted the authorities, which resulted in nobody calling for help. According to Salvator Didato, a psychologist in New York, bystanders aren’t important or even seen as a person. They lost their identity when the assailant took their choice and control. (Chen, …show more content…
If a person seemed to be high class, they were more likely to get help over the drunken person who collapsed on the ground. In a study conducted by Melanie Carson, it determined that a man’s feeling of masculinity was involved when decided to intervene during an assault. Men were given a few scenarios, including a gang rape, a heterosexual couple arguing with physical altercations, and three guys fighting. (Carson, 2008) In the scene with the men fighting, two-to-one, the participants were not likely to intervene because the man being ganged up on “deserved it” or “asked for it”. “ Participant John Smith2 illustrated this with his remarks, "I think that's, like, pretty much the general theme ... is just don't be weak. You know weak means being a pussy, being a wuss, being a crybaby."” (Carson, 2008) While most men would interfere with the couple arguing and getting physical, they hesitated on whether or not they would get involved with the gang