Silence-breaking butterfly effect: Resistance Towards the Military Within #MeToo
2019 (engelsk)Inngår i: Gender, Work and Organization, ISSN 0968-6673, E-ISSN 1468-0432, Vol. 26, nr 9, s. 1255-1270Artikkel i tidsskrift (Fagfellevurdert) Published
Abstract [en]
Systemic violence against women in the military has existed for decades, but they have mostly refrained from public resistance. However, in the context of the #Metoo‐movement in Sweden, 1768 women published a call for an end to violence and sexual harassment in the military. We analyze this call as a public resistance effort against the military and find that #Metoo is: 1) challenging the norms of the hyper‐masculine military organization, making resistance towards it visible, and 2) resisting the practices of sexual harassment and lack of responsibility in the military organization. The military organization is questioned when it comes to norms and practices, but there are variations in whether the social order of the military is truly challenged. Still, the call highlights the fragmentation of this “last bastion of masculinity”. More research is needed on the erosion of the militarized norms and practices and the effects of the call.
sted, utgiver, år, opplag, sider
Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Inc., 2019. Vol. 26, nr 9, s. 1255-1270
Emneord [en]
resistance, military organization, women, #metoo, gendered organization
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Forskningsprogram
Ledarskap under påfrestande förhållanden; Statsvetenskap med inriktning mot strategi och säkerhetspolitik
Identifikatorer
URN: urn:nbn:se:fhs:diva-8378DOI: 10.1111/gwao.12349OAI: oai:DiVA.org:fhs-8378DiVA, id: diva2:1286521
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