Harassment based on sex: Protecting social status in the context of gender hierarchy

• 成果类型: Review
• 署名作者: Berdahl, Jennifer L.
• 署名单位: University of Toronto
• 刊物名称: ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT REVIEW
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0363-7425
• DOI: 10.5465/amr.2007.24351879
• 发表日期: 2007
• 页码: 641-658
• 关键词: DOMINANCE ORIENTATION; women; men; POWER; attitudes; work; ORGANIZATIONS; CONSEQUENCES; stereotypes; perceptions

摘要

I conceptualize sex-based harassment as behavior that derogates an individual based on sex. I propose that sex-based harassment is fundamentally motivated by the harasser's desire to protect or enhance his or her own sex-based status, a desire that stems from the fact that social status is stratified by a system of gender hierarchy. This theory explains currently identified forms of sexual harassment and predicts others, including nonsexual harassment between women.