Authors:
- Hillevi Ganetz, Institutionen för etnologi, religionshistoria och genusvetenskap (Department of Ethnology, History of Religions and Gender Studies), Stockholms universitet (Stockholm University) - Academia.edu, Google Scholar, ORCID, ResearchGate

- Karin Hansson, Institutionen för naturvetenskap, miljö och teknik (The School of Natural Sciences, Technology and Environmental Studies), Södertörns högskola (Södertörn University) - Google Scholar, ORCID, ResearchGate, Wikipedia

- Malin Sveningsson, Institutionen för journalistik, medier och kommunikation (Department of Journalism, Media), Göteborgs universitet (University of Gothenburg) - Academia.edu, Google Scholar, ResearchGate

Abstract: »In this article, drawing on 20 interviews with participants in the #MeToo petitions #deadline and #konstnärligfrihet [artistic freedom], we explore the significance of sexual harassment in Sweden's cultural and creative industries. Our findings demonstrate how sexual harassment serves as a particularly effective tool of oppression in precarious work situations where individuals rely on informal social networks to secure work. To obtain and sustain work in this environment, an individual must gain recognition as an important—preferably indispensable—part of this social fabric. These dynamics can be understood through a bodily ontology of vulnerability, where vulnerability serves both as the emotional glue holding these networks together and as a source of anxiety, as inclusion depends on the validation of others. Another distinctive aspect of these contexts is the commodification of vulnerability within the professional role, as the value being exchanged is largely tied to the individual's perceived brilliance. Under these working conditions, sexual harassment functions as a form of reification, damaging relationships within the network while simultaneously diminishing the value of participants’ “genius.” #MeToo activism served as a means of resisting the reification process by recognizing a collective vulnerability.« (Source: Gender, Work & Organization)

Contents:

	Abstract (p. 1)
	1 | Introduction (p. 1)
		1.1 | #MeToo in Sweden (p. 2)
		1.2 | The Cultural and Creative Industries (p. 3)
		1.3 | Reification and a Bodily Ontology of Vulnerability (p. 3)
	2 | Material and Methods (p. 5)
	3 | Findings (p. 6)
		3.1 | The Importance of Precarious Work Conditions (p. 6)
			3.1.1 | The Role of the Social Networks (p. 6)
			3.1.2 | Genius as a Commodity (p. 7)
		3.2 | Sexual Harassment as Reification (p. 8)
		3.3 | Vulnerability as a Prerequisite for Relationships (p. 9)
	4 | Discussion (p. 9)
	5 | Conclusion (p. 11)
	Acknowledgments (p. 12)
	Conflicts of Interest (p. 12)
	Data Availability Statement (p. 12)
	Endnotes (p. 12)
	References (p. 12)

Wikipedia: History of Europe: History of Sweden / History of Sweden (1991–present) | Feminism: Social movement / MeToo movement | Sex and the law: Sexual assault