Further Problematizing the #Metoo Movement

Using and replicating data from Abacus Data, Bucknell Institute for Public Policy, ESDC, Ipsos, Pew Research Center, Statista, Statistics Canada, and YouGov, we performed analyses and made estimates regarding share agreeing that sexual harassment is the biggest issue facing women, perceived offensiveness of sexualized or discriminatory behaviors seen, heard, or experienced, percentage who claim that, in the future, the #MeToo movement will (not) lead to workplaces creating stricter definitions of sexual harassment, and top risk factors for sexual violence (lack of institutional support for victims, adherence to traditional gender role norms in the workplace, lack of employment opportunities, weak sanctions against violence perpetrators, and weak policies related to sexual violence and gender equity).

Journal of Applied Communication Research, 2019

#MeToo has breathed new life into the women's movement and especially into understanding and rectifying sexual harassment, abuse and assault. It has galvanized activists around the globe. And it has placed thousands of stories of the harassed in full view of the public. Sexual harassment, abuse and assault may occur within the organizational context or beyond; but sexual harassment, in particular has been legally labeled an organizational phenomenon. With this in mind, Robin Clair frames the early part of this article around the most recent organizational communication theories (see the appendix for an overview of these theories). Following the essay is a forum, in which invited scholars address questions related to the #MeToo movement.

Partners for Law in Development, 2018

This is a brochure for a one-day round table on ‘Sexuality and Harassment in the wake of the #MeToo movement’, Partners for Law in Development (PLD) held in collaboration with the Centre for Studies in Gender and Sexuality, Asoka University on December 1, 2018 at the India International Centre. The brochure provides information about the three panel discussions and speakers who discussed the many dimensions involved in sexual desire, attraction, boundary setting, agency, and transgression.

Journal of Women, Politics & Policy

How can we best protect and safeguard the progress of the #MeToo movement? This article presents 11 reforms designed to ensure the movement's drive toward justice. These fall into three areas. The first concern process reforms designed to (a) protect all those involved-accusers and the accused-in investigations of sexual harassment, (b) end differential treatment of those found guilty, and (c) ensure punishments are commensurate with the crime and proportional in terms of other transgressors. The second set of reforms focus on transparency of the process, including clarifying (a) how to file charges, (b) who makes decisions, (c) relevant public information on how charges and procedures are followed, (d) what transgressions result in which punishments, and (e) how complaints are investigated to protect the rights and privacy of all. Finally, I address cultural issues that address (a) our portrayal of women, (b) our societal attempts to prepare young people so they can better protect themselves, and (c) attempts to encourage bystanders to intervene in the face of sexual harassment of others.

Chartist for democratic socialism, 2018

As no Chartist reader can fail to have noticed, the last weeks of 2017 saw an eruption of condemnation and protest against sexual predators in the work place. Although it started in the US, this has become a global movement. The MeToo hashtag has trended in one version or another in a hundred countries and been posted many millions of times. Indeed, as I write, Time magazine has named the 'silence breakers' of the MeToo movement its 'Person of the Year' http://time.com/time-person-of-the-year-2017-silence-breakers/ and the Hollywood Golden Globe awards have bypassed movies associated with Weinstein productions.

American Sociological Review, 2004

Academic Psychiatry, 2019

I am a survivor of sexual harassment and assault within a power dynamic. My specific scenario was all too typical-a male faculty member sought a sexual relationship with a female trainee. I am also an academic psychiatrist who teaches and treats women. With nearly 50% of female medical students experiencing sexual harassment [1], I am not alone. I share now how my interpretation of this experience changed over time. Shifts were both slow, as I gained clinical expertise in sexual trauma and our society began to listen to survivors with the #MeToo movement, and sudden, upon learning that he had continued to assault other women years later.

2018

The list of powerful men accused of sexual harassment seems to grow longer every day: Roger Ailes, Harvey Weinstein, Steve Wynn, Mario Batali, Matt Lauer, Mario Testino, Richard Branson, Roy Moore, just to name a few. These reports tell a distressingly familiar story of unchecked power that reinforces popular understandings about who engages in sexually harassing behaviour and who is targeted. But the #MeToo movement and social science research complicate this simple narrative. Sexual harassment is experienced by both women and men. It occurs in a wide variety of work settings, from construction sites to classrooms. And while harassers are often supervisors, they are also sometimes subordinates and clients. So, what does the research tell us about these sexual harassment scenarios?

Philosophy <html_ent glyph="@amp;" ascii="&amp;"/> Public Affairs, 2006

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