#MeToo,sexual harassment: an article,a forum,and a dream for the future |
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| Authors: | Robin Patric Clair Nadia E Brown Debbie S Dougherty Hannah K Delemeester Patricia Geist-Martin William I Gorden |
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| Institution: | 1. Brian Lamb School of Communication, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA;2. Department of Political Science and the African American Studies Program, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA;3. Department of Communication, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA;4. Communication Department, Marietta College, Marietta, OH, USA;5. The School of Communication, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, USA;6. School of Communication Studies, Kent State University, Kent, OH, USA |
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| Abstract: | #MeToo has breathed new life into the women’s movement and especially into understanding and rectifying sexual harassment, abuse and assault. It has galvanized activists around the globe. And it has placed thousands of stories of the harassed in full view of the public. Sexual harassment, abuse and assault may occur within the organizational context or beyond; but sexual harassment, in particular has been legally labeled an organizational phenomenon. With this in mind, Robin Clair frames the early part of this article around the most recent organizational communication theories (see the appendix for an overview of these theories). Following the essay is a forum, in which invited scholars address questions related to the #MeToo movement. |
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| Keywords: | #MeToo sexual harassment organizational communication politics of gender |
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