Westminster Too: On Sexual Harassment in British Politics
Westminster Too: On Sexual Harassment in British Politics
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威斯敏斯特也是如此：论英国政治中的性骚扰
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2018
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M. L. Krook
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M. L. Krook
2017年底，数百万女性使用#MeToo标签，提请人们关注世界各地普遍存在的性骚扰和性侵犯问题。在英国政坛，女性政治家、工作人员和记者公开了自己的经历，引发了一些男性内阁部长和国会议员的辞职和党派停牌。本文探讨了这个问题是如何进入政治议程的，政治的哪些特征可能会助长骚扰和阻碍报道，以及可能采取哪些解决方案来解决这个问题。它认为，性骚扰应该被理解为一个系统的文化问题，而不是问题个人的问题。文章的结论是，忽视政治中的性骚扰问题，对性别平等以及民主本身都有严重的后果，会降低政策的有效性，扭曲政治渠道，削弱政治透明度和问责制。
At the end of 2017, millions of women used the #MeToo hashtag to draw attention to widespread sexual harassment and assault around the world. In British politics, female politicians, staff members, and journalists opened up about their own experiences, provoking the resignation and party suspension of a number of male Cabinet ministers and Members of Parliament. This article explores how this issue got on the political agenda, what features of politics might foster harassment and discourage reporting, and what solutions might be pursued to tackle this problem. It argues that sexual harassment should be understood as a systemic, cultural problem, rather than a question of problematic individuals. Ignoring the issue of sexual harassment in politics, the article concludes, has serious consequences for gender equality—as well as for democracy itself, reducing policy effectiveness, distorting the political pipeline, and diminishing political transparency and accountability.