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‘It's Just Something that Happens’: the Invisibility of Sexual Harassment in the Workplace
Author(s) -
Thomas Alison M.,
Kitzinger Celia
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
gender, work and organization
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.159
H-Index - 73
eISSN - 1468-0432
pISSN - 0968-6673
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-0432.1994.tb00014.x
Subject(s) - harassment , invisibility , order (exchange) , everyday life , psychology , criminology , social psychology , sociology , public relations , political science , business , computer science , law , finance , artificial intelligence
This paper critically examines the construction and definition of sexual harassment — both in policy documents and in everyday life experiences — in order to consider why it is often invisible in the workplace. Drawing on semi‐structured interview data, it explores, in particular, the ways in which accounts of experiences of sexual harassment effectively minimize both its incidence and its importance. Finally, it considers the implications of this in order more effectively to combat sexual harassment in the workplace.