Citation

Waugh IM. Violence Against Women 2010; 16(3): 237-261.

Affiliation

University of California -- Santa Cruz.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2010, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1077801209360857

PMID

20093433

Abstract

This study examined sexual harassment experiences of Mexican immigrant farmworking women (n = 150) employed on California farms. Of the estimated one million California farmworkers, 78% are Latino, mostly from Mexico, and 28% are women. Unlike gender-segregated worksites of Mexico, women farmworkers in the United States labor alongside men, facilitating harassment from coworkers and supervisors. Simultaneous sexist, racist, and economic discrimination are comparable to converging lanes of automobile traffic (Crenshaw, 2000) that women, standing at the intersections, manage to avoid harm. Findings highlight how discrimination shapes women's experiences and demonstrate the need for institutional policies to protect them.

Language: en