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Sexual Harassment in Irregular Chinese Workplaces: Business Dinners, Team-Building Activities, and Social Media

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Abstract

Much of the social and economic inequality that sexual harassment perpetuates is created in the workplace. But research has not always acknowledged the fluid and changing nature of workspaces. This article argues that irregular workspaces and activities—bars and other social drinking sites at which yingchou (business drinking activities) take place, team building, and the WeChat social media platform—are significant sites of sexual harassment in China. These irregular workplaces play a significant role in working life in China, and their informality has made them prone to sexual harassment in the context of deeply entrenched gender norms and vertical power hierarchy.

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Law & Social Inquiry , Volume 49 , Issue 3 , August 2024 , pp. 1625 - 1656
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© The Author(s), 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the American Bar Foundation

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Author’s heartfelt gratitude extends to Kathryn Abrams, Catherine Albiston, and David Oppenheimer from Berkeley Law School, and Long Yan from Berkeley Department of Sociology, for their patient guidance and insightful critiques of this article.

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