The law, the market, the gendered subject: workplace sexual harassment in Chennai's information technology industry

• Published in: Gender, place and culture : a journal of feminist geography Vol. 27; no. 1; pp. 34 - 51
• Main Author: Shakthi, S.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Abingdon Routledge 02.01.2020; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: Chennai; Complaints; Employment; Empowerment; Equality; Ethnographic research; Ethnography; Gender inequality; gender violence; India; Information technology; Law; legal ethnography; Legislation; Middle class; Sexual harassment; Social justice; Women; Workplaces; India

The Indian information technology (IT) industry has, in recent years, been plagued by reports of workplace sexual harassment, disrupting the narrative of empowerment disseminated by an industry that projects itself as a pioneer in the area of gender equality. This has been further complicated by the...