Female bodies adrift: violation of the female bodies in becoming a subject in the western media
Autor/in:
Parikka, Tuija
Quelle: Media and Communication, 6 (2018) 2, S 158-167
Inhalt: This article focuses on how the violation of female bodies in the case of mass harassment of women is rendered intelligible by the Western media and the refugees. Violation of female bodies is approached as a site for politicizing possibilities of becoming a subject in the Western media. Informed by Deleuzian notion of "becoming" and the subjectivation of the refugees, I argue that the understanding of "violation" is a central component in contributing to possibilities of becoming affirmed as a subject in the Western media. Empirical material subjected to critical text analysis includes a key text form the Finnish daily newspaper Helsingin Sanomat and refugee interviews. The analysis suggests that the repression of irreducible conceptions of "violation", and the subsequent erasure of the uncertainty of a "self" in the process of becoming, yields to offering possibilities of becoming primarily in Western terms and the affirmation of Western ideological certainty in understanding mass harassment of European women by the refugees.
Schlagwörter:westliche Welt; Western world; Medien; media; woman; Körper; body; Subjektivität; subjectivity; sexuelle Belästigung; sexual harassment; Flüchtling; refugee; Rechtsverletzung; violation of the law
CEWS Kategorie:Sexuelle Belästigung und Gewalt
SSOAR Kategorie:Allgemeines, spezielle Theorien und Schulen, Methoden, Entwicklung und Geschichte der Kommunikationswissenschaften, Medieninhalte, Aussagenforschung, Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung, Kriminalsoziologie, Rechtssoziologie, Kriminologie
Underrepresentation of women at academic excellence and position of power: role of harassment and glass ceiling
Autor/in:
Yousaf, Rizwana; Schmiede, Rudi
Quelle: Open Journal of Social Sciences, 4 (2016) 2, S 173-185
Inhalt: The study intends to comprehend the underrepresentation of women on positions of power and
academic excellence in academia. The study explained the role of exploitation and harassment,
which might hinder, when women were trying to climb to top hierarchical position. The majority
of women supervised by male heads, sexual harassment could be used as a glass ceiling to hamper
women to reach top hierarchal level. The majority participants were working on lower academic
and administrative hierarchy; they were experiencing harassment throughout the hierarchical
level. Similarly, they considered that harassment could contribute to the underrepresentation of
women at academic excellence and a position of power.
The Quest for Gender-Sensitive and Inclusive Transport Policies in Growing Asian Cities
Autor/in:
Thynell, Marie
Quelle: Social Inclusion, 4 (2016) 3, S 72-82
Inhalt: In cities all over the world, growing numbers of women are working or studying further away from home than ever before. This article presents policies by the World Bank and recommendations by the United Nations to improve conditions for women’s mobility in cities. Although these stress different factors affecting women’s experiences of traffic and transport, they all agree about the importance of enabling women’s mobility. However, gender-sensitive policies have been largely unsuccessful. This article presents examples of conditions for women in New Delhi and other rapidly growing Asian cities that illustrate how gender norms operate. This study uses the perspectives of development research and gender studies to examine economic and political initiatives and the way women act and interact with transport in local contexts. It facilitates critical reflection upon existing transport policies and suggests ‘how’ women’s needs may be
effectively addressed. More in-depth knowledge about women’s needs and the problems they face when travelling will be useful for designing of policies that address more than simply the harassments of women. More inclusive urban access
would enhance conditions for women and enable them to make choices according to their needs. In this way, social science and policy will cross-pollinate one another. (author's abstract)
Schlagwörter:Asien; Asia; Stadt; town; Ballungsgebiet; agglomeration area; woman; Mobilität; mobility; Mobilitätsbarriere; mobility barrier; Mobilitätsforschung; mobility research; soziale Norm; social norm; soziale Integration; social integration; soziale Partizipation; social participation; Individualverkehr; private motor vehicle traffic; Öffentlicher Personennahverkehr; public transport; Nahverkehr; local traffic; Sicherheit; security; Bedürfnis; need; Verkehrspolitik; transportation policy; gender-specific factors; nachhaltige Entwicklung; sustainable development
CEWS Kategorie:Sexuelle Belästigung und Gewalt
SSOAR Kategorie:Verkehrssoziologie, Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung, Raumplanung und Regionalforschung
Quelle: International Letters of Social and Humanistic Sciences, (2015) 46, S 1-13
Inhalt: Women workers are found in certain activities traditionally falling within the male domain. This is particularly the case for landless women who largely belong to the hardcore poor group. It indicates growing economic pressure and erosion of familial support and traditional beliefs and norms regarding women's outside work. With the Bangladesh economy’s heavy dependence on imports Chittagong has traditionally played a very important role in the trading sectors and industrial centre of the country and also commercial capital of Bangladesh which is going through a massive phase of construction of new structures. The study employed triangulation method as a research strategy. The objective of the study is to know the reasons of internal migrations and conditions of female construction workers of Chittagong city. A good number of rural women are involved at urban construction work in Chittagong city where they faces different harmful condition like as long working hour, less salary, lack of women rights, sexual harassment, food expenditure, low health condition, hard working etc. From this rational discussion this papers examine internal migration and the condition of migrant female construction works in Chittagong city.
Schlagwörter:Bangladesch; Bangladesh; Binnenwanderung; internal migration; Migration; migration; Baugewerbe; construction industry; Arbeiter; worker; woman; Arbeitsbedingungen; working conditions; Stadt; town; Einkommen; income; Arbeitszeit; working hours; sexuelle Belästigung; sexual harassment; Menschenrechte; human rights; Armut; poverty
CEWS Kategorie:Sexuelle Belästigung und Gewalt
SSOAR Kategorie:Migration, Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung, Arbeitswelt, soziale Probleme
Equality between men and women: challenges to Croatian legislation
Autor/in:
Vasiljević, Snježana
Quelle: Croatian accession to the European Union. Vol. 1, Economic and legal challenges. Zagreb, 2003, S 273-290
Inhalt: Reform of the Croatian legal system and the adjustment of its legislation to EU law is one of the main conditions for the Republic of Croatia to be able to join the Union. This paper analyses the existing requirements for gender equality inside the EU, the current situation in the applicant countries and the existing problems and challenges for states that are only on the way towards European integration. In the Republic of Croatia gender equality is not guaranteed to a sufficient
extent, which has resulted in negative public reactions from NGOs and organisations for the protection of human rights and the rights of women. In addition, individuals are exposed everyday to various forms of sexual harassment in the workplace, in schools, universities and public places. So far, except at the constitutional level, no kind of legal approach has been adopted to guarantee gender equality or freedom of sexual orientation, which is an obligation of Croatia according to international treaties and the SAA.
Schlagwörter:EU; legislation; Croatia; Gender Mainstreaming; Gleichstellung; Chancengleichheit; Gesetzgebung; Europarat; Mann; woman; Council of Europe; sexual harassment; Recht; europäische Integration; equal opportunity; affirmative action; gender mainstreaming; man; law; European integration; Kroatien; sexuelle Belästigung; EU; gender equality; sexual orientation; equal opportunities principle; equal procedure principle; sexual harassment; European Union; Copenhagen criteria; Council of Europe; Stabilisation and Association Agreement; European Community Treaty; acquis communautaire
CEWS Kategorie:Sexuelle Belästigung und Gewalt
SSOAR Kategorie:Recht, Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung
Die Bedeutung der physischen Gewalt für die Reproduktion des Geschlechterverhältnisses
Titelübersetzung:The meaning of physical violence for the reproduction of the relationship between the genders
Autor/in:
Smaus, Gerlinda
Quelle: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Soziologie (DGS); Rehberg, Karl-Siegbert; Kongreß der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie "Differenz und Integration; Opladen, 1997. S 505-509
Inhalt: "Ergebnisse zahlreicher empirischer Untersuchungen über die Anwendung physischer Gewalt durch Männer gegenüber Frauen (und Kindern) zeigen, daß es keinen Ort und keine Zeit gibt, in der Frauen nicht mit Bedrohung ihrer physischen (und psychischen) Integrität rechnen müßten. In der Tat steht die Bedrohung, nicht die faktische Gewaltausübung, im Vordergrund, weil sie ein Aspekt ist, unter dem Frauen ihre gesamte Lebensplanung, ihren Beruf, ihr schlichtes Erscheinen auf bestimmten Plätzen zu bestimmten Zeiten mitberücksichtigen müssen. Täglich erfahren sie, daß Vergewaltigungen geschehen, daß Frauen in Ehen mißhandelt werden, daß Frauen sexuellen Übergriffen auf dem Arbeitsplatz ausgesetzt sind. Diese faktische Bedrohtheit wird durch eine Bedrohung zweiten Grades unterstützt, nämlich die, daß Frauen, die Opfer einer gewalttätigen Handlung geworden sind, dafür verantwortlich gemacht werden. Diese Schuldzuschreibung für Handlungen von gewalttätigen Männern durch Organe sozialer Kontrolle bildet das zweite hervorstechende Ergebnis der empirischen Untersuchungen. Ausgehend von diesen Feststellungen wird die Frage nach der Bedeutung der physischen Gewalt gestellt. Der Gebrauch der physischen Gewalt wird zunächst als ein strukturelles Merkmal des Frauenlebens und nicht als eine individuelle Pathologie gedeutet (Galtung). Die Tatsache, daß die faktische Ausübung der Gewalt an einigen Frauen als Inszenierung ihrer Existenz gegenüber allen Frauen gedeutet werden kann, enthüllt, daß sie eine Ressource für die Durchsetzung der Macht von Männern ist, d.h. die Grundlage einer illegalen Herrschaft bildet (Weber gegen Weber). Daß ihr 'privater' Gebrauch von Verwaltern der angeblich vom Staate monopolisierten physischen Gewalt nicht sanktioniert wird, zeigt, daß sie einen quasi-legalen Charakter hat (Luhmann gegen Luhmann). Den Ertrag der Anwendung der physischen Gewalt durch Männer für Männer haben wir im ersten Satz beschrieben: der symbolische Raum von Frauen soll vergleichsweise bescheiden bleiben." (Autorenreferat)
