Abstract Bachelor thesis in Political Science by Sofia Weilander spring term 2018 Supervisor: David Scott The aim of this study is to analyze how sexual harassment and violence have been represented as problems by the metoo movement and the following political response in Sweden. The method and the theoretical frame in this study is based on Carol Lee Bacchi's approach ”Whats the problem represented to be?” The study is based on a poststructuralist position and aims to demonstrate how sexual harrasement and gender equality is problematized trough the metoo-movement. The findings is that the problematization started as a power critical problematizion of gender. This problematization is characterized by women witnessing about sexual harassment and violence by men in power positions. In the following political response, this power critical problematization is replaced by a problematization that stresses that sexual harassment is an educational problem, meaning that this problem can be overcome through education. The results are also interpreted as signs of neoliberal influence in public discourse.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:kau-68561 |
| Date | January 2018 |
| Creators | Weilander, Sofia |
| Publisher | Karlstads universitet |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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