Sexual harassment: is it a case of gendered perspective?
Globally, the phenomenon of Sexual harassment has always been looked from a woman’s perspective. To date, almost all studies on sexual harassment look at the incidences of sexual harassment, the effects on victims and coping strategies for victims; and in most instances victims are women. There is a...
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| author | Kenny, Kamal Abu Samah, Asnarulkhadi Chan, Benjamin Yin Fah |
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| description | Globally, the phenomenon of Sexual harassment has always been looked from a woman’s perspective. To date, almost all studies on sexual harassment look at the incidences of sexual harassment, the effects on victims and coping strategies for victims; and in most instances victims are women. There is a dire need to change our understanding of this issue. In order to obtain a more holistic view of this issue, there should be a paradigm shift where the focus should be on the perpetrators. As men are generally the perpetrators, it is about time the phenomenon of sexual harassment is looked from a male perspective in understanding what brought men to engage in the act of sexual harassment. |
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| spelling | upm-226722020-03-05T06:33:49Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/22672/ Sexual harassment: is it a case of gendered perspective? Kenny, Kamal Abu Samah, Asnarulkhadi Chan, Benjamin Yin Fah Globally, the phenomenon of Sexual harassment has always been looked from a woman’s perspective. To date, almost all studies on sexual harassment look at the incidences of sexual harassment, the effects on victims and coping strategies for victims; and in most instances victims are women. There is a dire need to change our understanding of this issue. In order to obtain a more holistic view of this issue, there should be a paradigm shift where the focus should be on the perpetrators. As men are generally the perpetrators, it is about time the phenomenon of sexual harassment is looked from a male perspective in understanding what brought men to engage in the act of sexual harassment. Center for Promoting Ideas 2011 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/22672/1/Sexual%20harassment%20is%20it%20a%20case%20of%20gendered%20perspective.pdf Kenny, Kamal and Abu Samah, Asnarulkhadi and Chan, Benjamin Yin Fah (2011) Sexual harassment: is it a case of gendered perspective? International Journal of Humanities and Social Science, 1 (19). pp. 295-301. ISSN 2220-8488; ESSN: 2221-0989 https://www.ijhssnet.com/journal/index/652:vol-1-no-19-december-2011abstract31&catid=16:journal-abstract |
| spellingShingle | Kenny, Kamal Abu Samah, Asnarulkhadi Chan, Benjamin Yin Fah Sexual harassment: is it a case of gendered perspective? |
| title | Sexual harassment: is it a case of gendered perspective? |
| title_full | Sexual harassment: is it a case of gendered perspective? |
| title_fullStr | Sexual harassment: is it a case of gendered perspective? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Sexual harassment: is it a case of gendered perspective? |
| title_short | Sexual harassment: is it a case of gendered perspective? |
| title_sort | sexual harassment: is it a case of gendered perspective? |
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