That has nothing to do with being threatened at work, though. You can spout all the BS you want at work about how immigrants are taking your job, but HR isn't going to protect you because of it. If anything, they're going to reprimand you for it. Outside the workplace, at least the corporate workplace, I would agree that it's a very different thing.
I guess I don't understand why you're limiting your discussion of this to the workplace.
My point is though, people who would yell false accusations at work over racism, sexism, whatever have the same mindset of someone would would falsely accuse someone of rape. They're using something they know will get traction to, at best, deflect their own shortcomings or bad decisions, and, at worst, ruin someone's life.
Why are we not limiting this to discussion of the workplace? I mean, I suppose you could falsely accuse your boss of rape, but you could also accuse your boss of being or hiring an illegal immigrant. I'm struggling to understand where you're going to include something in the discussion and where it gets excluded. To avoid stepping on toes (walking on eggshells as it were), I'll stop there.
False accusations of rape likely have a variety of different motives. First, it's not something that is going to happen often. Second, for Darwinistic reasons, female humans are socially blamed for promiscuity (not men of course). One way to avoid this accusation (in some cultures), is to blame a man for for forcing the act, thereby absolving yourself of promiscuity, but simultaneously taking on the stigma of a loss of purity, which can put you in the penalty box for period of time until it's clear that you're not carrying.
This is lessened in a culture such as ours that doesn't punish AS MUCH for promiscuity. So part of the way to avoid men getting falsely accused of rape is to adopt a culture that is accepting of female promiscuity. You'd think this would be a win win for men, but male culture really leans into biological impulses and so we, as a group, are too stupid to get out of our own way.
In general, a false accusation of rape might get traction. But it accomplishes little to actually deflect shortcomings or "bad" decisions. It would likely come from someone who is deeply concerned about the social harm that promiscuity can cause. It can cause other false statements too after a breakup.
A false accusation of rape in court is something a little different. It could be about getting a legal stamp of approval on promiscuity, but it comes at extreme cost of time and money, and accomplishes little over simply stating a false accusation and then not pressing charges. It requires evidence, patience, effort, time. And the hope of a payoff? In most cases (especially if the man is a "loser"), basically no way of recouping that effort except for maybe a misplaced sense of improved social status.
Anyway, I thought we were talking about the workplace.
mindset among some people that they can just claim this stuff as a get out of jail free card.
You mean like crying DEI?
I've had a boss in the past would get mad if you typed too loudly, didn't format e-mails the way they wanted it done, and didn't keep your desk in a certain order.
Walking on eggshells is what happens in corporate jobs at every level. Because people (men especially) are bad at managing.
I would say yes, there are times I do. It's not because I want to tell offensive jokes, use the n word openly, or sexual harass Sue from accounting. It's because I fear backlash
It's because you have a desk job and managers are almost universally incompetent in management, because they don't get promoted for managerial success.
Instead of discussing it, they immediately call you an antisemite to deflect that they support the mass killing of Muslims.
Everyone does this. Motivated reasoning and dehumanization is almost universal.