Bullying, misogyny and feminist whistleblowing: An autoethnography of how Betsy's Box became a veritable “Pandora's box”

Ettorre, Elizabeth ORCID: 0000-0002-5757-0106 (2023) Bullying, misogyny and feminist whistleblowing: An autoethnography of how Betsy's Box became a veritable “Pandora's box”. Women's Studies International Forum, 98. p. 102724.

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Abstract

Feminist autoethnography helps us as to make good use of our varied life experiences. In this article, particular embodied experiences and emotions are employed to demonstrate how these life events and feelings are emblematic of wider political meanings and social trends. The author reflects on her early academic career - 50 years ago - and how as a young feminist sociologist, she experienced overwhelming emotions of dread, terror, and horror at what was playing out before her. Before the “me-too” movement, her intense reactions to various oppressive goings-on were often surprising to her as being new to working in a structured academic environment. She uses her experiences as a feminist working on the margins of non-feminist spaces, while telling the stories of her interactions in a hostile, misogynist environment. This is an autoethnography of how she was a whistle-blower on a particular male colleague by opening her own Pandora's box.

Item Type:	Article
Divisions:	Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences > School of Law and Social Justice
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	24 Jul 2023 14:08
Last Modified:	24 Jul 2023 14:10
DOI:	10.1016/j.wsif.2023.102724
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URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3171866