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#Metoo in the Swedish forest sector: testimonies from harassed women on sexualised forms of male control
Department of Business Administration, Technology and Social Sciences, Luleå University of Technology, Luleå, Sweden.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-8227-8633
Department of Business Administration, Technology and Social Sciences, Luleå University of Technology, Luleå, Sweden.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-3865-796X
Department of Forest Resource Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Umeå.
2018 (English)In: Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research, ISSN 0282-7581, E-ISSN 1651-1891, Vol. 33, no 5, p. 419-425Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

This study adds to the literature on the gendered culture of the forest sector by examining testimonies of sexual harassment in relation to the gendering of forestry-related competence and organisations and the consequences that the sexualisation of social relations in organisations has, mainly for women. The empirical base of the study comprised testimonies within the campaign #slutavverkat published on Instagram to highlight experiences of sexual harassment of women in the Swedish forest sector. Qualitative content analysis of the testimonies suggested that the situations described in the testimonies in #slutavverkat comprise controlling actions that diminish women's power in the forest sector. Sexualised forms of male control and harassment thus work to remind women that they are first and foremost a representation of women, rather than of forestry professions and knowledge. In that sense, sexualised forms of male control and harassment are part of, rather than deviating from, the overall gendering of forestry as a men-dominated sphere. The study adds to organisational understandings and policy developments on discrimination and harassment and suggests that researchers and policy-makers interested in reducing inequality in forestry need to pay more attention to issues of harassment and sexualisation of social relations.

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Taylor & Francis, 2018. Vol. 33, no 5, p. 419-425
Keywords [en]
Sexual harassment, sexual violence, forestry, gender, equality, masculinity, sexuality
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Other Engineering and Technologies Production Engineering, Human Work Science and Ergonomics
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Industrial Design; Human Work Sciences
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URN: urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-192916DOI: 10.1080/02827581.2018.1474248ISI: 000433155900002Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85047144415OAI: oai:DiVA.org:umu-192916DiVA, id: diva2:1641989
Available from: 2022-03-03 Created: 2022-03-03 Last updated: 2025-02-10Bibliographically approved

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