Journal of Contemporary Ethnography ( IF 1.368 ) Pub Date : 2021-06-22 , DOI: 10.1177/08912416211022817 Janet S. Armitage 1
I present an evocative autoethnographic account of reporting workplace sexual harassment that illustrates the decision-making and satisfaction (or lack thereof) with reporting and interactions with and perceptions of compassionate bystanders not only during but also after the actual incident. While reporting is lauded as the key to deterrence and as a successful approach to dealing with the stresses of harassment, it alone does not fully address emotional harms associated with workplace sexual harassment in organizational environments often more compliant than compassionate. In contrast, this article aligns with emerging evidence that views bystanders as underused resources who can deter sexual harassment and bring needed respite to victim’s suffering through compassionate noticing, feeling, and responding. While my account is personal and cannot be generalized to others, it does offer both a familiar and theoretically informed narrative that describes the prolonged presence and engagement of compassionate bystanders in my experience of workplace sexual harassment and reveals bystander compassion as the key to offset the gap where reporting as remediation neither sufficiently heals the victim nor redresses persist sexual harassment in the workplace.
中文翻译:
“当我最没想到的时候”:报告工作场所性骚扰和富有同情心的旁观者的自我民族志“
我提出了一个令人回味的自我民族志报告工作场所性骚扰的报告,说明了在实际事件期间和之后对报告和与富有同情心的旁观者互动和看法的决策和满意度(或缺乏)。虽然报告被称赞为威慑的关键和应对骚扰压力的成功方法,但它本身并不能完全解决在组织环境中与工作场所性骚扰相关的情感伤害,通常比同情更顺从。相比之下,本文与新出现的证据一致,这些证据将旁观者视为未充分利用的资源,可以阻止性骚扰并通过富有同情心的注意、感受和回应为受害者的痛苦带来必要的喘息机会。