Key messages There is much less research examining the reasons why victim-survivors do not report sexual violence and harassment than the reasons why they do report. In this study of students and staff who reported staff sexual misconduct to their university, the main rationale that interviewees gave for trying to report was to prevent other women being targeted. The article argues that separating catalysts for reporting from rationales makes visible different levels of decision-making over time. Introduction There is currently a heightened
The #MeToo movement is descending upon the walls of the ivory tower. The day of reckoning has come for academia to end teaching staff 2 sexual misconduct. As female educators in public administration 3 and third sector studies, 4 we demand to be heard. The issue of teaching staff perpetrating sexual misconduct is prevalent within academia, and more specifically, in graduate education programmes. In the United States (US), 24.2% of women and 15.6% of men reported being sexually victimised as undergraduates on a college campus in the previous two months
65 SEVEN Power, Privilege, and #MeToo in Academia: Problems, Policies, and Prevention around Sexual Misconduct Sarah Jane Brubaker and Brittany Keegan The Problem Sexual misconduct is pervasive in society today, and is oftentimes supported by structures and institutions that promote power and privilege for some while increasing the marginalization, and subsequent likelihood of victimization, of others. In 2006, the #MeToo movement was founded to encourage survivors of sexual abuse, particularly women of color, to share their experiences. This movement
The #MeToo movement is descending upon the walls of the ivory tower. The day of reckoning has come for academia to end teaching staff 2 sexual misconduct. As women of public 3 and third sector 4 education, we demand to be heard. The issue of teaching staff perpetrating sexual misconduct is prevalent within academia, and more specifically, in graduate education programmes. In the United States (US) 24.2 per cent of women and 15.6 per cent of men report being sexually victimised as undergraduates on a college campus in just the last two months ( Jouriles et
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