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2 ways you send wrong signals to men making them harass you sexually

According to research, men tend to harass  women who think are interested in them because they have low risk, but high reward, for trying to sleep with as many women as possible

A sexually harassed woman

Often times men misread when a woman is interested in them which could turn out wrong for both parties especially when harassment is involved.

According to research, men tend to harass  women who think are interested in them because they have low risk, but high reward, for trying to sleep with as many women as possible.

New study also finds that there are two factors that make men misjudge a woman's body language.

Nicole Weaver of YourTango explains what these two factors are:

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According to Nicole, a new study published in Archives of Sexual Behavior had researchers ask 237 bisexual and heterosexual male undergraduates to look at pictures of women dressed differently and in different situations. They then evaluated their hypothetical sexual interest of the woman on a nine-point scale.

So who did they pick as more likely to be interested in them?

They found men base a woman's interest not on what they say or how they act, but on these two things:

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