Policy Press

Re-Imagining Sexual Harassment

Perspectives from the Nordic Region

Edited by Maja Lundqvist, Angelica Simonsson and Kajsa Widegren

Published

Apr 18, 2023

Page count

258 pages

ISBN

978-1447366522

Dimensions

234 x 156 mm

Imprint

Policy Press

Published

Apr 18, 2023

Page count

258 pages

ISBN

978-1447366546

Dimensions

234 x 156 mm

Imprint

Policy Press
Re-Imagining Sexual Harassment
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The #MeToo movement sparked many debates and increased the demand for more problematised perspectives on the issue of sexual harassment.

This book opens up new understandings of sexual harassment by bringing researchers, writers and policy makers in the Nordic region into dialogue within an ambitious volume. It asks what role juridical frameworks can and should play in prevention and raises questions about how the image of Nordic states – as gender equal, colour-blind and with strong welfare – affects the work against sexual harassment in the region.

Re-imagining definitions of justice, violence, exploitation and work, this book offers knowledge of immediate importance for everyone working to prevent sexual harassment, through research, policy making or in everyday practice.

Maja Lundqvist is Analyst at the Swedish Secretariat for Gender Research, University of Gothenburg.

Angelica Simonsson is Senior Analyst at the Swedish Secretariat for Gender Research, University of Gothenburg.

Kajsa Widegren is Senior Analyst at the Swedish Secretariat for Gender Research, University of Gothenburg.

1. Introduction: Re-imagining sexual harassment - Maja Lundqvist, Angelica Simonsson and Kajsa Widegren

Part 1: Cartography of everyday violence in the Nordic region

2. At the AGM - Mads Ananda Lodahl

3. Depleted bodies: intersectional perspectives on workplace violence - Paulina de los Reyes

4. The violently gender-equal Nordic welfare states - Sofia Strid, Anne Laure Humbert and Jeff Hearn

5. On the freshers’ trip - Mads Ananda Lodahl

6. Negotiating sexual harassment and young urban femininities in Helsinki - Heta Mulari

7. Men run academic track; women jump sexist hurdles - Lea Skewes

8. Some ten years ago, I started writing a novel - Sigbjørn Skåden

Part 2: Violence, knowledge and imagining justice

9. On the promenade - Mads Ananda Lodahl

10. Sextortion: linking sexual violence and corruption in a Nordic context - Silje Lundgren, Åsa Eldén, Dolores Calvo and Elin Bjarnegård

11. I have always thought a lot about the nature of violence: carceral feminism and sexual violence in the neoliberal state - Silas Aliki

12. Beyond restorative justice: survivors’ calls for innovative practices in Iceland - Hildur Fjóla Antonsdóttir

13. I write to tell myself it wasn’t my fault - Sumaya Jirde Ali

14. One step forward and one step back: sexual harassment in Norwegian equality and non-discrimination law - Anne Hellum

15. In the gents - Mads Ananda Lodahl

16. Conclusion: Re-imaginations and reflections for the future - Maja Lundqvist, Angelica Simonsson and Kajsa Widegren