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What does my appearance have to do with my job?: Vocational students on the sexual harassment from guests in the hospitality industry
Linnaeus University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Education and Teacher's Practice.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-6016-4416
Linnaeus University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Education and Teacher's Practice.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-8038-4870
2023 (English)In: Empirical Research in Vocational Education and Training, ISSN 1877-6337, E-ISSN 1877-6345, Vol. 15, no 1, article id 14Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Sexual harassment by guests is part of the vocational culture in many workplaces within the hospitality industry. In this study, we investigate vocational students' descriptions of sexual harassment by guests in the hospitality industry and how these instances can be understood in terms of objectification. The empirical material consists of focus group interviews with upper secondary school students who are training to work in the hospitality industry. The students describe four categories of sexual harassment: appearance comments, private and intrusive questions, leering, and physical contact. In the descriptions, men are sexually harassing female students or employees. The types of objectification in the descriptions are reduction to appearance, reduction to body, instrumental approach, denial of autonomy, denial of bodily integrity, and denial of subjectivity. Regardless of the type of objectification involved, a dilemma arises for the girls who have been taught that being courteous to guests is part of the professional role, while the guests are treating them as sexual objects.

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Springer, 2023. Vol. 15, no 1, article id 14
Keywords [en]
Sexual harassment, Objectification, Vocational culture, Masculinity, Femininity
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Gender Studies Work Sciences
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Social Sciences, Gender Studies
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URN: urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-125929DOI: 10.1186/s40461-023-00154-wISI: 001106595800001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85178157678OAI: oai:DiVA.org:lnu-125929DiVA, id: diva2:1818197
Available from: 2023-12-08 Created: 2023-12-08 Last updated: 2024-01-18Bibliographically approved

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