The impact of sexual harassment on women's health and well‐being: A case for studying the casino gaming industry

IF 3.1 2区社会学 Q1 SOCIOLOGY

Sociology Compass Pub Date : 2023-10-16 DOI:10.1111/soc4.13163

Shekinah Hoffman

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Abstract

Abstract The sexual harassment of women in the casino gaming industry is pervasive and normative, yet the study of harassment and women's employment in this industry remains critically understudied. In this article, I argue the casino gaming industry is an opportune research setting in which to observe the adverse health outcomes and health disparities of workplace sexual harassment. Gaming demonstrates two salient organizational characteristics: (1) a historically male‐dominated, overtly‐sexualized culture that is primed for sexual harassment; and (2) a highly diverse, predominantly immigrant and minority workforce. As such, studying sexual harassment in the gaming industry may help in gaining key theoretical insights into who is more likely to a be target of sexual harassment; the forms in which harassment manifests (gendered, racialized, and class‐based); and who is more likely to experience its adverse health and job‐related outcomes. As more studies are warranted to disentangle the complexity of gender, race, class, citizenship status, and power in sexual harassment, and these factors intersecting and multiplying impacts on women's health and well‐being, I recommend linking the literature on sexual harassment and health with the gaming‐hospitality literature.

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性骚扰对女性健康和福祉的影响:一个研究赌场游戏行业的案例

女性在赌场游戏行业的性骚扰是普遍和规范的，然而，在这个行业的骚扰和女性就业的研究仍然严重不足。在这篇文章中，我认为赌场游戏行业是观察工作场所性骚扰的不良健康结果和健康差异的一个合适的研究环境。游戏展示了两个显著的组织特征:(1)一个历史上由男性主导的、明显的性别化文化，为性骚扰提供了条件;(2)高度多样化，以移民和少数族裔为主的劳动力。因此，研究游戏行业中的性骚扰可能有助于获得关键的理论见解，即谁更有可能成为性骚扰的目标;骚扰的表现形式(性别化、种族化和阶级化);谁更有可能经历与健康和工作相关的不良后果。随着越来越多的研究需要理清性骚扰中性别、种族、阶级、公民身份和权力的复杂性，以及这些因素对女性健康和福祉的交叉和成倍影响，我建议将有关性骚扰和健康的文献与游戏酒店业文献联系起来。

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Sociology Compass SOCIOLOGY-

CiteScore

4.30

自引率

7.40%

发文量

102