ABSTRACT

In this article, we draw on 604 anonymous MeToo testimonies published in Iceland by women in different work sectors. Our main analytical focus is on women’s embodied experiences of sexual violations in the workplace, with an aim to explore how they tackle those violations. We use reflexive thematic analysis, and our first theme demonstrates how the women’s world and world-making capacities are perceived as shrinking as a result of harassment. This affects both their bodies and minds to the extent that they doubt their own judgment and grasp of reality. The violent acts become part of their psyche and leave them trapped in time and place. The second theme, workaround tactics for protecting their world-making capacities, describes how women seize opportunities to flag their agency even when they cannot change patriarchal strategies. The testimonies show how common and widespread women’s experiences of sexual violations are and thus call for a changed world order where men’s entitlement to women’s bodies and time in the work environment is removed.

摘要

在本文中，我们借鉴了冰岛不同工作领域的女性在冰岛发表的 604 份匿名 MeToo 证词。我们的主要分析重点是女性在工作场所遭受性侵犯的具体经历，旨在探索她们如何应对这些侵犯行为。我们使用反思性主题分析，我们的第一个主题展示了女性的世界和创造世界的能力如何被视为因骚扰而萎缩。这会影响他们的身心，以至于他们怀疑自己的判断力和对现实的把握。暴力行为成为他们心灵的一部分，使他们陷入时间和地点。第二个主题，保护她们创造世界的能力的变通策略，描述了即使女性无法改变父权制战略，她们也如何抓住机会标榜她们的能动性。