Herausgeber/in:
EIGE European Institute for Gender Equality
Quelle: EIGE European Institute for Gender Equality; , 2018.
Inhalt: The EU’s signing of the Istanbul Convention on 13 June 2017 was a significant milestone during a year of actions focused on combating violence against women. Yet despite this progress, it remains one of the most widespread and damaging manifestations of gender inequality. By providing critical research and expertise, the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) is helping the EU and its Member States to understand the scale of the problem and ultimately eradicate it.
Schlagwörter:cyber violence; EU; Female genital mutilation; gender inequality; gender-based violence; Gewalt gegen Frauen
CEWS Kategorie:Europa und Internationales, Sexuelle Belästigung und Gewalt
What’s in a name? Theorising the Inter-relationships of gender and violence
Autor/in:
Boyle, Karen
Quelle: Feminist Theory, 20 (2018) 1, S 19–36
Inhalt: This article explores the representational practices of feminist theorising around gender and violence. Adapting Liz Kelly’s notion of the continuum of women’s experiences of sexual violence, I argue that ‘continuum thinking’ can offer important interventions which unsettle binaries, recognise grey areas in women’s experiences and avoid ‘othering’ specific communities. Continuum thinking allows us to understand connections whilst nevertheless maintaining distinctions that are important conceptually, politically and legally. However, this is dependent upon recognising the multiplicity of continuums in feminist theorising – as well as in policy contexts – and the different ways in which they operate. A discussion of contemporary theory and policy suggests that this multiplicity is not always recognised, resulting in a flattening of distinctions which can make it difficult to recognise the specifically gendered patterns of violence and experience. I conclude by considering how focusing on men’s behaviour might offer one way of unsettling the contemporary orthodoxy which equates gender-based violence and violence against women.
Schlagwörter:feminist theories; feministische Theorie; gender-based violence; Geschlechterbegriff; Gewalt; Gewalt gegen Frauen; Policy; sexualisierte Gewalt; violence; violence against women
CEWS Kategorie:Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung, Sexuelle Belästigung und Gewalt
Quelle: Cortex; a journal devoted to the study of the nervous system and behavior, 99 (2018) , S 258–272
Inhalt: Sexual objectification is a widespread phenomenon characterized by a focus on the individual's physical appearance over his/her mental state. This has been associated with negative social consequences, as objectified individuals are judged to be less human, competent, and moral. Moreover, behavioral responses toward the person change as a function of the degree of the perceived sexual objectification. In the present study, we investigated how behavioral and neural representations of other social pain are modulated by the degree of sexual objectification of the target. Using a within-subject fMRI design, we found reduced empathic feelings for positive (but not negative) emotions toward sexually objectified women as compared to non-objectified (personalized) women when witnessing their participation to a ball-tossing game. At the brain level, empathy for social exclusion of personalized women recruited areas coding the affective component of pain (i.e., anterior insula and cingulate cortex), the somatosensory components of pain (i.e., posterior insula and secondary somatosensory cortex) together with the mentalizing network (i.e., middle frontal cortex) to a greater extent than for the sexually objectified women. This diminished empathy is discussed in light of the gender-based violence that is afflicting the modern society.
Sexual Harassment of Women : Climate, Culture, and Consequences in Academic Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine - A Consensus Study Report of The National Academies of Scienes - Engineering - Medicine
Herausgeber/in:
Johnson, Paula A.; Widnall, Sheila E.; Benya, Frazier F.; Committee on the Impacts of Sexual Harassment in Academia; Committee on Women in Science, Engineering, and Medicine; Policy and Global Affairs
Quelle: Committee on the Impacts of Sexual Harassment in Academia; Committee on Women in Science, Engineering, and Medicine; Policy and Global Affairs; Johnson, Paula A.; Widnall, Sheila E.; Benya, Frazier F.; Washington (DC): National Academies Press, 2018. 311 S
Inhalt: Over the last few decades, research, activity, and funding has been devoted to improving the recruitment, retention, and advancement of women in the fields of science, engineering, and medicine. In recent years the diversity of those participating in these fields, particularly the participation of women, has improved and there are significantly more women entering careers and studying science, engineering, and medicine than ever before. However, as women increasingly enter these fields they face biases and barriers and it is not surprising that sexual harassment is one of these barriers. Over thirty years the incidence of sexual harassment in different industries has held steady, yet now more women are in the workforce and in academia, and in the fields of science, engineering, and medicine (as students and faculty) and so more women are experiencing sexual harassment as they work and learn. Over the last several years, revelations of the sexual harassment experienced by women in the workplace and in academic settings have raised urgent questions about the specific impact of this discriminatory behavior on women and the extent to which it is limiting their careers. Sexual Harassment of Women explores the influence of sexual harassment in academia on the career advancement of women in the scientific, technical, and medical workforce. This report reviews the research on the extent to which women in the fields of science, engineering, and medicine are victimized by sexual harassment and examines the existing information on the extent to which sexual harassment in academia negatively impacts the recruitment, retention, and advancement of women pursuing scientific, engineering, technical, and medical careers. It also identifies and analyzes the policies, strategies and practices that have been the most successful in preventing and addressing sexual harassment in these settings.
CEWS Kategorie:Europa und Internationales, Hochschulen, Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung, Statistik und statistische Daten, Sexuelle Belästigung und Gewalt
Sexual violence on US college campuses: history and challenges
Autor/in:
Klein, Renate
Quelle: Gender based violence in university communities. Sundari Anitha (Hrsg.), Ruth Lewis (Hrsg.). Bristol: Policy Press.. 2018, S 63–82
Inhalt: In the United States, research about sexual violence on campus goes back into the 1950s (Kanin, 1957; Kirkpatrick and Kanin, 1957). Many more studies have followed (Fisher, Daigle and Cullen, 2010), and successive waves of rape prevention programmes have been rolled out on campuses across the country. The US Congress has weighed in with federal legislation, the White House took on the issue in 2014, and media reporting of campus sexual assault scandals has soared. Yet, the problem continues. Why this is is difficult to answer.
Schlagwörter:sexual harassment; sexual violence; sexuelle Belästigung; sexuelle Gewalt
CEWS Kategorie:Sexuelle Belästigung und Gewalt
Dokumenttyp:Sammelwerksbeitrag
Understanding student responses to gender based violence on campus: negotiation, reinscription and resistance
Quelle: Gender based violence in university communities. Sundari Anitha (Hrsg.), Ruth Lewis (Hrsg.). Bristol: Policy Press.. 2018, S 189–209
Inhalt: This chapter presents findings from the ‘Stand Together’ action research project at the University of Lincoln (UOL), one of the first bystander intervention (BI) programmes designed to challenge gender based violence (GBV) in a UK university. The research accompanying this project investigated student attitudes to GBV and the potential of prevention education. The focus of this chapter is on two sites which emerged in student accounts as key spaces where acts of GBV occur, as well as where sexist and heteronormative gender norms are reinscribed, negotiated and resisted: social media and the night-time economy (NTE).
Schlagwörter:sexual harassment; sexual violence; sexuelle Belästigung; sexuelle Gewalt
CEWS Kategorie:Sexuelle Belästigung und Gewalt
Dokumenttyp:Sammelwerksbeitrag
Tackling gender based violence in university communities: a practioner perspective
Autor/in:
Hutchinson, Ellie
Quelle: Gender based violence in university communities. Sundari Anitha (Hrsg.), Ruth Lewis (Hrsg.). Bristol: Policy Press.. 2018, S 229–240
Inhalt: This chapter describes an approach, dubbed Get Savi (Students Against Violence Initiative), for tackling gender based violence (GBV) in university communities. Get Savi was developed and delivered in Scotland between 2012 and 2015. The chapter first provides an overview of the broader policy and political context in which the Get Savi programme was developed, with particular emphasis on the importance of a political consensus around the causes of violence against women and girls (VAWG). It then examines the practical process underlying the development of the Get Savi programme, along with the role of partnerships in the development and in the re-imagining of the prevention education programme for a Scottish audience. Finally, it considers some of the ongoing challenges and draws together learnings from the project to make recommendations for future policies and programmes on prevention education for student communities in the UK and beyond.
Schlagwörter:sexual harassment; sexual violence; sexuelle Belästigung; sexuelle Gewalt; gender based violence; Scotland; prevention education; violence against women; violence against girls; Get Savi programme; partnerships
Policy Press Scholarship
CEWS Kategorie:Sexuelle Belästigung und Gewalt
Dokumenttyp:Sammelwerksbeitrag
The Intervention Initiative: theoretical underpinnings, development and implementation
Autor/in:
Fenton, Rachel A.; Mott, Helen L.
Quelle: Gender based violence in university communities. Sundari Anitha (Hrsg.), Ruth Lewis (Hrsg.). Bristol: Policy Press.. 2018, S 169–188
Inhalt: The bystander approach to prevention of violence against women is predicated upon empowering bystanders to intervene in a positive, pro-social way upon witnessing an event that they recognise to be problematic. The intervention made has potentially powerful social effects: it sends a clear message to the culprit about the social unacceptability of their behaviour, while concurrently alerting other bystanders to the appropriateness of challenging it. Constant and reinforced messaging about the unacceptability of behaviour within communities can thus shift social norms as to what constitutes desirable behaviour.
Schlagwörter:sexual harassment; sexual violence; sexuelle Belästigung; sexuelle Gewalt
CEWS Kategorie:Sexuelle Belästigung und Gewalt
Dokumenttyp:Sammelwerksbeitrag
Grounds for concern: an Australian perspective on responses to sexual assault and harassment in university settings
Autor/in:
Durbach, Andrea; Grey, Rosemary
Quelle: Gender based violence in university communities. Sundari Anitha (Hrsg.), Ruth Lewis (Hrsg.). Bristol: Policy Press.. 2018, S 83–104
Inhalt: This chapter examines the limited attention given to prevention within Australian policy responses to sexual assault and harassment in university settings. It draws on the findings of Change the Course: National Report on Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment at Australian Universities , released by the Australian Human Rights Commission in 2017. The chapter first describes the historical and political context for the survey, which was initiated in response to the problem of sexual violence in Australian campuses. It then considers the initial steps taken following the release of the survey with the goal of strengthening Australian university responses to sexual harassment and assault. It also discusses recent developments from universities with regard to the problem of sexual violence and some of the key challenges that need to be addressed. Finally, it suggests a long-term approach to address sexual assault and harassment that shifts the focus from risk management to harm prevention.
Schlagwörter:sexual harassment; sexual violence; sexuelle Belästigung; sexuelle Gewalt; Australia, Australien
CEWS Kategorie:Europa und Internationales, Hochschulen, Sexuelle Belästigung und Gewalt
Dokumenttyp:Sammelwerksbeitrag
Preventing gender based violence in UK universities: the policy context
Quelle: Gender based violence in university communities. Sundari Anitha (Hrsg.), Ruth Lewis (Hrsg.). Bristol: Policy Press.. 2018, S 105–126
Inhalt: Gender based violence (GBV) is a policy area which shows a degree of variation across the UK and merits examination for the impact this may have on how universities address this issue on campus sexual violence. This chapter will begin by outlining the current situation facing UK universities as they develop their responses to GBV. It will then contextualise this by examining the key factors influencing GBV policy in each of the home nations using a three point conceptual framework. The chapter will then summarise current developments in universities’ approaches to the issue in their national context. The chapter will conclude by offering some observations on the opportunities and challenges facing the UK Higher Education sector as it develops its approach to GBV prevention.
Schlagwörter:sexual harassment; sexual violence; sexuelle Belästigung; sexuelle Gewalt; UK