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"Some things are just more permissible for men" : Estonian nurses interpretations of sexual harassment
Verfasst von:
Lamesoo, Katri
in:
Nora
Oslo:
2013
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123 - 139 S.
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| Einrichtung: | Ariadne | Wien |
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| Verfasst von: | Lamesoo, Katri |
| In: | Nora |
| Jahr: | 2013 |
| Sprache: | Nicht einzuordnen |
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| Studies of sexual harassment in nursing have provided conflicting evidence as to who perpetrates more harassment, physicians or patients. This study, the first Estonian qualitative analysis of sexual harassment in the work-place, contributes to the discussion by setting a comparison of the perception of the two parties (i.e. male physicians and male patients) at the centre of the analysis. The study extends prior research that explains sexual harassment in the light of already existing theories by analysing how women themselves understand it. The aim of the study was to discover how nurses describe and interpret sexual harassment in their everyday hospital work. Following the principles of constructivist grounded theory, 21 interviews were carried out with female Estonian nurses. The analysis revealed the hospital hierarchy to be the context within which the nurses interpreted sexual harassment: physicians were placed at the top of the hierarchy, patients at the bottom, and nurses in the middle. Nurses sensed their power position over patients, which is based on the latter's respect for nurses; similarly, they assumed male physicians to have respect for female physicians. Within this hierarchical context, nurses interpreted physicians' sexual advances to be more abusive and disturbing than patients', as they related it to physicians' position of authority. At the same time it appeared that flirting by physicians was considered pleasant or even welcome, whereas flirting by patients was dismissed. | |
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