@article{ref1,
title="Service-women's responses to sexual harassment: the importance of identity work and masculinity in a gendered organization",
journal="Violence against women",
year="2019",
author="Bonnes, Stephanie",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="Using data from in-depth interviews with 38 U.S. service-women, this article explores women's responses to sexual harassment in the military workplace. I argue that in an extremely gendered and masculine institution, sexual harassment threatens service-women's identities as military insiders, presenting an identity dilemma for them. To resolve this dilemma, women prioritize their masculinity and downplay and excuse harassment. In contrast, service-women who have experienced sexual assault or combat confront sexual harassment. I argue that this is possible because for these two groups of women, sexual harassment does not present an identity dilemma. I show how masculinity is used to downplay and normalize harassment as well as to resist it.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1077-8012",
doi="10.1177/1077801219873433",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1077801219873433"
}