Sexual Harassment, Psychology and Feminism: #MeToo, Victim Politics and Perpetrators in Neoliberal Times.

Lazard, Lisa (2020). Sexual Harassment, Psychology and Feminism: #MeToo, Victim Politics and Perpetrators in Neoliberal Times. London: Palgrave MacMillian.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-55255-8

Abstract

This book provides a feminist psychological analysis of contemporary resistance to sexual harassment in and around #MeToo. It explores how women’s assumed empowerment in postfeminist and neoliberal feminist discourses has shaped understandings of sexual harassment and social responses to it. This exploration is grounded in the trajectories of feminist activism and psychological theory about sexual harassment. Lazard addresses the gendered binary of female victims and male perpetrators in contemporary victim politics and the treatment of perpetrators within postfeminist and neoliberal frames. In doing so, she unpacks the cultural conditions which support or deny who gets to speak and be heard in #MeToo politics.

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• Item ORO ID
• 72621
• Item Type
• Book
• ISBN
• 3-030-55255-1, 978-3-030-55255-8
• Keywords
• sexual harassment; sexual violence; postfeminism; neoliberal feminism; gender binaries; masculinities; femininities; perpetrator apologies; sexual predators; victim politics
• Academic Unit or School
• Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) > Psychology and Counselling > Psychology
  Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) > Psychology and Counselling
  Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS)
• Copyright Holders
• © 2020 The Author
• Depositing User
• Lisa Lazard