The sound of misogyny : sexual harassment and sexual violence in the music industry
McCarry, Melanie and Kakela, Emmaleena and Jones, Cassandra and Manoussaki, Kallia (2023) The sound of misogyny : sexual harassment and sexual violence in the music industry. Journal of Gender-Based Violence. ISSN 2398-6816 (In Press)
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Abstract
The cultural and creative industries are the fastest growing industries in the UK (Webster et al., 2018). Stakeholder engagement, media reporting, anecdotal evidence and emerging research suggests endemic levels of sexual harassment and sexualised violence within the music industry that it can be described as widespread, systemic and normalised. This article reviews the literature on sexual harassment and sexualised violence in the music industry examining gender stratifications and inequalities within the music industry with a focus on UK, Australian and US studies. The music industry is not a singular entity but instead, is an agglomeration of many different sub-sectors predominantly comprised of three interconnected spheres of music recording and distribution, music publishing and licensing, and live performance. It references Kelly's (1988; 2007; 2016) theorisations on conducive contexts and the continuum of violence to argue that historical and entrenched misogyny and sexism along with the lack of regulation, process and governing frameworks creates conditions for both the maintenance of gender inequality and the perpetuation of sexual harassment and sexualised violence within the music industry. Consequently, both the cultural context and the practice of misogyny (in this case sexual harassment and sexualised violence) within the music industry are mutually supporting and reinforcing.
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McCarry, Melanie
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Item type: Article ID code: 84912 Dates: DateEvent10 March 2023Published10 March 2023AcceptedKeywords: music industry, sexual harassment, sexual violence, gender inequality, conducive contexts, continuum of sexual violence, Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform , Gender Studies, SDG 5 - Gender Equality, SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions Subjects: Social Sciences > Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform Department: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (HaSS) > School of Social Work and Social Policy > Social Work and Social Policy Depositing user: Pure Administrator Date deposited: 28 Mar 2023 10:30 Last modified: 28 Mar 2023 10:30 URI: https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/84912