Calling it out? A Q Methodological Study of Sexual Harassment Labelling

Lazard, Lisa; Capdevila, Rose and Turner, Jim (2023). Calling it out? A Q Methodological Study of Sexual Harassment Labelling. Violence Against Women (Early access).

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/10778012231209011

Abstract

The public condemnation of high-profile men accused of gendered violence in 2017 resulted in an upsurge of women labelling past experiences as sexual harassment. This study used Q methodology to explore understandings of sexual harassment in the UK. Forty participants sorted 62 statements into quasi-normal grids which were factor analyzed (by person). Eight factors were identified which were titled: Sex Not Sexism, Sexualized Discriminations, Victim Voice, Sameness and Difference, Power/Sex, Repeated Power Abuse, Personal Boundaries, and Masculinity and Heterosexism. Taken together, they signal that feminist efforts to articulate the experience of sexual harassment have gained ground during this period.

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