Sexual Harassment, Psychology and Feminism

Lisa Lazard is Senior Lecturer in the School of Psychology and Counselling at the Open University, UK. Lisa is a social psychologist whose research areas include gender, subjectivity, sexual violence and digital cultures.

“Lazard effectively demonstrates how entrenched assumptions around normative heterosexuality are, and how extensively neoliberal ideologies and intersecting power relations have shaped our understanding of sexual harassment and victimisation. Accordingly, readers are provided with effective conceptual tools with which to analyse the #MeToo movement and its impact on society. This book is a very welcome addition to the literature on sexual violence and feminist thought and deserves a place on every researcher’s bookshelf.” (Lois Catrin Donnelly, Feminism & Psychology, Vol. 32 (1), 2022)“This book would be of greatest interest to those who want to learn more about feminism,postfeminsm and neoliberal feminism and the approach of each to victimization.” (Renata Miljević-Riđički, International Journal of Emotional Education, Vol. 14 (1), June, 2022)

• 1:Introduction -#MeToo and feminisms.- 2:Workplace Harassment, Hollywood’s Casting Couch and Neoliberalism.- 3:Women, Sexual Harassment and Victim Politics.- 4:The Sexual Harassment of Hollywood Men.- 5:Sexual Harassment and Sexual Predators in Neoliberal Times.- 6:Conclusion - Sexual Harassment and Speaking Rights