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Workplace sexual harassment at the margins

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  • Paula McDonald

    (Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Australia)

  • Sara Charlesworth

    (RMIT University, Australia)

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Men are overwhelmingly responsible for sexual harassment against women in the workplace. However, the literature also points to less typical manifestations, including sexual harassment by men of other men and by women of men or other women. This article examines these atypical forms of sexual harassment, drawing on a census of all formal sexual harassment complaints lodged with Australian equal opportunity commissions over a six-month period. The analysis reveals some important distinctions and similarities across groups of atypical complaints, as well as between atypical groups and ‘classic’ sexual harassment complaints where men harass women. The article contributes to the relatively undeveloped literature on these less visible forms of sexual harassment and highlights both theoretical and pragmatic challenges in better understanding workplace sexual harassment ‘at the margins’.

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  • Paula McDonald & Sara Charlesworth, 2016. "Workplace sexual harassment at the margins," Work, Employment & Society, British Sociological Association, vol. 30(1), pages 118-134, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:woemps:v:30:y:2016:i:1:p:118-134
    DOI: 10.1177/0950017014564615
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