Citation

Goldner V. Stud. Gender Sex. 2018; 19(4): 235-240.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/15240657.2018.1531513

PMID

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Abstract

Sexual harassment, unlike rape, is a project of leisurely objectification that depends, for its erotic charge, on the perversion of consent. Unlike rape, where consent is vanquished, or erotic mutuality, where it is ratified, the pleasure of sexual harassment is that "consent" is coerced, that is, it is "consent" under duress. Under these conditions, which slowly dismantle the personhood of the victim, the issue becomes one of reality testing. "Just say no" is not an option when the question at hand is "What just happened?"

Language: en