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xviii, 220 pages ; 21 cm |
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Contents note continued: 11.Conclusion: ̀From Whispers from the Bush to Voices of Hope' -- ̀Proceed With Caution' -- The Limitations of this Research -- ̀Whispers from the Bush' -- A Noxious Weed -- The Prevalence and Manifestations of Sexual Harassment in Rural Australia -- ̀She's Hopeless!' -- Blaming the Sexual Harassment Victim -- ̀Quit Ya Whinging and Get On With It!' -- Employers, Sexual Harassment and Reporting Trends -- ̀A Breath of Fresh Air' -- Changing Infiltrated Culture -- ̀Not the End of the Story' -- Further Avenues for Research -- ̀Unflinching Courage' -- From Whispers to Voice |
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Contents note continued: 8.̀Just the Boys Havin' Fun!' The Nature, Pervasiveness and Manifestations of Sexual Harassment in Rural Australia -- ̀Copping It' -- The Frequency of Experiencing or Witnessing Sexual Harassment -- ̀Just Walk Away' -- Responding to Frequent Workplace Sexual Harassment -- ̀Out in the Sticks' -- The Impact of Rurality and Gender Ratio on the Frequency of Workplace Sexual Harassment -- ̀Public Offenders' -- Copping Workplace Sexual Harassment by Members of the Public -- ̀Dripping With It' -- The Frequency of Sexually Permeated Environments -- ̀You Have to be a Strong Person' -- The Impact of the Proportion of Women on Sexually Permeated Workplace Environments -- ̀Getting in on the action' -- individual v group offending -- ̀Gangin' up on ̀er' -- sexual harassment in a pack -- ̀Nil effects?' -- variations and group harassment -- ̀Gropes and Jokes' -- Types of Sexual Harassment -- ̀Up yours!' -- obscene gestures -- |
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Contents note continued: Mateship as a form of homosocial relating -- The Dark Bush Shadows -- Gendered Harm in the Bush -- 4.It's All a Bit Different Out ̀Ere...': Special Characteristics of the Bush and Their Effect on Reporting Rates -- Not a Soul in Sight -- Isolation and Lack of Support Services -- ̀Every penny counts...' -- ̀Did You Hear About What She Did?' -- The Power of Gossip and Shame -- ̀Good one!' -- blaming the victim -- Conclusion -- 5.̀When the Boys Come Out to Play...' Sexual Harassment and the Impact of Male-dominated Working Environments -- ̀Hurting All Women' -- Pursuing Sexual Harassment as Discriminatory -- ̀Please Don't Touch Me Like That!' -- Sexual Harassment Denned -- ̀Sticks and Stones May Break My Bones But Names Will Never Hurt Me' -- Words as Sexual Harassment -- Pin-ups and Pornos -- Pornographic Exposure as Sexual Harassment -- ̀It's No Biggie, I Guess' -- How Sexual Harassment Victims are Made to Feel -- |
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Contents note continued: The Construction of Hostile Working Environments -- ̀Where Was the Boss When It Happened? -- Employer Liability for Sexual Harassment -- Conclusion -- 6.̀So Help Me, God...' A Comparison of (Un) Successfully Litigated Sexual Harassment Complaints from Rural and Urban Australia -- ̀Reasonable' Offence, Humiliation or Intimidation? -- Comparing the Urban and Rural Cases -- Insights into the Rural and Urban Organisational Spaces -- ̀Hard at it' -- features of the workplaces involved as background to the complaints -- T barely even touched her!' -- the nature of the alleged harassment in the cases -- ̀What are you askin' me for?' -- who is the harasser in the reported cases? -- Further Variables that Correlate with Outcome -- ̀She's a fiesty young thing' -- the age of the complainant -- ̀She just doesn't get it' -- the ethnicity of the complainant -- ̀She never said nothin'! -- the impact of a promptness report from the harassed -- |
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Contents note continued: Waltzing matilda -- reaching the participants in their rural locations -- The big-heartedness of rural women -- The length of the interviews -- Preserving anonymity -- The interview -- content and process -- ̀Making sense of it all' -- data analysis -- ̀Proceed with caution' -- caveats -- A small pool -- sample size -- Personal characteristics -- The restrictiveness of ̀rural' -- Other research methods -- Analysis of the reported cases -- Quantitative comparison of rural and urban case statistics -- Qualitative assessment of the matters -- Limitations of the ̀case analysis' methodology -- 3.The Dramatic Backdrop of the Bush and Gendered Harm Within It -- The Sunburnt Country -- A Unifying Story -- The Australian bush ̀blokeland' -- ̀It's No Place for a Woman' -- A Legacy from the Past -- Gendered Harm in Australian Tradition -- Surviving as a country chick -- The ties that bind -- the (male) tradition of mateship -- |
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Contents note continued: ̀Everyone knows she's a liar!' -- the corroboration of a complainant's evidence -- ̀As if anyone is gunna listen to her, anyway!' -- the credibility of the complainant as a witness -- Conclusion -- 7.̀Fit In or F♯$@ Off!': The (Non) Reporting of Sexual Harassment in Rural Workplaces -- ̀The Big Reveal' -- Reporting Sexual Harassment in the Rural Workplaces -- Employee Characteristics and Reporting Trends -- Aspects of the Workplace and Reporting Trends -- Experiences of Sexual Harassment in the Workplace and Reporting Trends -- Possible Contributors to the Non-reporting of Sexual Harassment -- ̀Where Does It Say That?' -- The Lack of Sexual Harassment Policies -- ̀How Was I Supposed to Know?' -- The Lack of Training in Sexual Harassment Policies -- ̀What Did He Say When You Told Him?' -- The Outcome of Reporting -- Discussion -- ̀I Guess It's Just a Bit of a Different Mindset in a Rural Community' -- |
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Contents note continued: ̀She's Not Even Totally Naked!' -- Pornography as a Form of Sexual Harassment -- Turning a Blind Eye -- Ignoring Sexual Harassment -- Is Sexual Harassment an Issue in Rural Australia? -- Discussion -- ̀It Sounds Bad -- But You Just Get Used To It. It's Just "Boys Being Boys'" -- 10.̀A New "Coo-ee!"' -- An Australian Bush Transformation -- ̀Changing Minds and Hearts' -- Re-inventing Male Behaviour in the Rural Space -- ̀Thinking aloud' -- the process of changing male ̀minds' -- ̀A change of heart' -- a new intolerance (for sexual harassment) -- ̀Getting Bossy' -- Enabling Employers to Recognise and Eliminate Harassment -- ̀The bare minimum' -- the place of policy -- ̀I think we all get it' -- training employees in sexual harassment policy -- ̀Beyond Bitchy' -- Supporting Women (to Support Other Women) -- ̀You gotta be hard, you gotta be tough, you gotta be stronger ...' -- assertiveness, education and the place of resilience -- Conclusion -- |
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Contents note continued: ̀Spreading it' -- pornography in the workplace -- ̀Just joshin' with ya' -- verbal harassment -- ̀You know you love it' -- physical sexual harassment -- Discussion -- Women as Outsiders -- 9.̀Stripping Off the Layers...' Sexual Harassment ̀Survival' Behaviours in Rural Australian Workplaces -- ̀You Know What She's Like' -- Blaming the Sexual Harassment Victim -- ̀Just Ignore Him and Get on With It... He'll Stop If You Don't React!' --- Employer Attitudes Towards Sexual Harassment Complainants -- ̀The Porn Offensive' -- Feeling Guilty About Exposure to Pornography in the Workplace -- Other Variables in Victim-blaming -- ̀It Wasn't Really All That Serious' -- Minimising and Normalising Sexual Harassment -- ̀It's All a Bloody Big Boys' Club Out Here' -- Sexual Harassment as Blokey Behaviour -- ̀It's Just Not a Big Deal ... Let's Drop It' -- The Denial of Sexual Harassment -- ̀Can't you even take a joke?' -- banter as a form of sexual harassment -- |
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Machine generated contents note: 1.Reduced to Silence -- A Cultural ̀Epidemic' -- Giving Voice to the Whispers from the Bush -- Sexual Harassment in Rural Australia -- The ̀Fragility of Power' -- The Concepts of ̀Sexual Harassment' and ̀Gendered Harm' -- The Concepts of ̀Rurality' and ̀The Bush' -- ̀No Place for a Woman' -- Masculinity and the Bush Construct -- 2.Listening to the Distant Whispers -- A Tapestry of Voice - Methodology -- ̀Headin' Out Woop-Woop' -- The Perimeters of ̀Rural Australia' -- The definition of ̀rural' in this research -- The quietest whisper -- sharing through qualitative method -- Interviewing technique -- Gettin' on the blower -- a small number of telephone interviews -- The age of innocence? The age and gender of the participants -- The job description -- the varied nature of occupational backgrounds in this study -- A national pin-board -- the practical logistics -- The bush telegraph -- generating interest in the research -- |
| Summary |
This Thesis examines the nature and prevalence of workplace sexual harassment in rural and remote areas of Australia. To this end, interviews were conducted with a total of 107 rural employees and employers across Australia about their experiences of gendered harm in the workplace and their attitudes towards its occurrence. Other complimentary research techniques were also implemented in this Thesis, including a comprehensive judicial case analysis of sexual harassment matters heard in Australia throughout a five---year period |
| Analysis |
Australian |
| Notes |
Ph.D University of Canberra 2015 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographic references and index |
| Subject |
Rural women -- Social conditions.
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Rural women -- Employment -- Australia.
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Rural women -- Australia -- Social conditions.
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Rural women -- Australia.
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Sex discrimination in employment -- Australia.
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Sexual harassment of women -- Australia.
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| SUBJECT |
Australia. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79021326
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| LC no. |
2015513544 |
| ISBN |
9781760020385 |
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