SOCB51H3 Study Guide - Margaret Talbot
Document Summary
A more common case involves heterosexual men, often in blue-collar and service-industry jobs, who object to the. Hostile environment created by the behaviour of other heterosexual men. Men who are targeted and weakest of the herd- younger, smaller, or more effeminate. Male-on-male harassment is borrowed directly from adolescent rituals that have been around for decades: wedgies, pants-yanking, rabbit punches to various parts of the body etc. Sexual insults are the ones lying around and the easiest to pick up when you"re bored. Joseph carlton worked as a pipe welder as was the victim of what men referred to as goosing (poking or pinching a guy any place on his body, but more often grabbing his genitals). Carlton was goosed on two occasions by davis soon after he accepted the job. He complained to a supervisor at the site who did not reprimand davis but who transferred. People who heard about the complaint made fun of him whenever they saw him.