Open AccessSexual Harassment and Objectivity
Author(s) -
Jenna Tomasello
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
stance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1943-1899
pISSN - 1943-1880
DOI - 10.33043/s.6.1.7-14
Subject(s) - harassment , griffin , autonomy , objectivity (philosophy) , supreme court , psychology , sociology , criminology , social psychology , political science , law , philosophy , epistemology , history , archaeology
Sexual harassment is often understood as a subjective notion that asks the woman if she has been victimized. This paper argues that we need not ask women if they are victims by conceptualizing sexual harassment as an objective notion that holds the perpetrator accountable for his actions. In making my case, I will apply an objective conception of sexual harassment to the U.S. Supreme Court case Meritor Savings Bank v. Vinson by drawing on the feminist view of sexual harassment given by Anita Superson and the role of equality and autonomy as motivated by Ronald Dworkin and James Griffin, respectively.