Abstract
PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to identify promising themes of the papers in the special issues of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion dedicated to advancing scholarship on sex-based harassment.Design/methodology/approachA conceptual overview of the research pertaining to these themes and an analysis of the special issues papers' contributions to these themes.FindingsFour themes that represent important but relatively neglected lines of inquiry into sex-based harassment are identified. These are (1) the psychology of harassment, (2) organizational culture and networks, (3) the invisible majority and (4) the importance of collective action.Originality/valueThe paper offers an expert perspective on the state of research related to sex-based harassment and four themes that are important to moving it forward.
Highlights
The purpose of this paper is to identify promising themes of the papers in the special issues of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion dedicated to advancing scholarship on sex-based harassment
As Anita Hill pointed out at the time, “Sexual harassment is about power, and it has taken women of extraordinary power to overcome the disadvantage that most accusers face” (Mayer, 2017)
The #MeToo Movement prompted questions of #WhatNow and declarations of #TimesUp: A renewed and concerted effort to condemn harassment and to stop it from continuing, once and for all. As part of this effort, Peggy Stockdale, Faye Crosby, Myrtle Bell, and Jennifer Berdahl launched the special issues of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, From Me Too to What : Advancing Scholarship on Sex Harassment: A Persistent Problem (Issue 1; Stockdale et al, 2020a) and Making Progress (Issue 2; Crosby et al, 2021)
Summary
The purpose of this paper is to identify promising themes of the papers in the special issues of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion dedicated to advancing scholarship on sex-based harassment. The year ended with Time Magazine naming “The Silence Breakers” as Person of the Year “for giving voice to open secrets, for moving whisper networks onto social networks, for pushing all of us to stop accepting the unacceptable” (Zacharek et al.,2017) [1] These silence breakers included widely admired and famous women who exposed one of the most powerful men in Hollywood, Harvey Weinstein, as a serial sexual harasser. The #MeToo Movement prompted questions of #WhatNow and declarations of #TimesUp: A renewed and concerted effort to condemn harassment and to stop it from continuing, once and for all As part of this effort, Peggy Stockdale, Faye Crosby, Myrtle Bell, and Jennifer Berdahl launched the special issues of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, From Me Too to What : Advancing Scholarship on Sex Harassment: A Persistent Problem (Issue 1; Stockdale et al, 2020a) and Making Progress (Issue 2; Crosby et al, 2021)
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