Mischa Dekker
Biographic Data
| ID | 3692855 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mischa Dekker |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mischa |
| FAMILY NAME | Dekker |
| SIGNATURE | DEKKER M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Leiden University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5882-8412 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 17 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
How Boys Deflect Responsibility for Street Harassment: Class, Race, and Responses to Sexual Violence Awareness Programs
This paper shows how boys respond to harassment awareness training programs and analyzes how such audiences might fail to see street harassment as ‘their’ problem (therefore deflecting responsibility for sexual violence). It is based on ethnographic observations of street harassment awareness programs organized in France and interviews with their participants. Boys’ intersectional identities informed how they responded to this program. Boys of co…
Apprehension of reproducing racialized stigmas in storytelling on street harassment in France: I feel I'd just be adding to the stereotype
Online and offline spaces where victims shared their experiences with street harassment were instrumental in putting this issue on the political agenda around the world. However, one question in particular sparked uneasiness among French activists: how to deal with stories that, in their view, reproduced stigmas about racialized men or disadvantaged areas? Existing scholarship addresses how people avoid mentioning race so that they do not risk be…
Repertoires of Comparison: How Common Comparisons Shape Social and Political Life
Comparison is ubiquitous in social life, yet some comparisons are far more common, institutionalized, and influential than others. Building on work in cultural sociology, we call these repertoires of comparison (RoCs). Institutionalized across one or more social fields, RoCs are employed at different levels of society (local, national, global) and across myriad social contexts (sports clubs, city offices, the media). For example, horrific events …
What Shapes Feminist Journalism? Comparing Dutch and French Reporting on Street Harassment
What leads journalists to adopt feminist framings by linking news topics to gender-based inequalities? While scholarship often mobilizes individualized explanations, such as journalists’ personal beliefs, this article investigates how structural factors inform feminist journalism. It draws from Dutch and French media reports on street harassment and interviews with journalists and their sources. Concepts of gender-based violence were largely abse…
Journalists’ Apprehension of Being Politically Correct: A Source of Racial Stereotyping of Street Harassment Perpetrators in the Press
While racialized stereotyping in mass media is well-documented, sociological analysis of the journalistic practices and norms contributing to the production of such representations remains underdeveloped. We study these by analyzing media reporting on street harassment in the Netherlands, which frequently mentioned the racialized profiles of perpetrators. Existing research has proposed two major causes of racialized stereotyping in the press
Sensibiliser sans moraliser: Informalisation et individualisation des démarches éducatives sur le harcèlement de rue aux Pays-Bas
Dans les années 2010, dans plusieurs pays européens, un ensemble de comportements regroupés sous l’expression « harcèlement de rue » a été constitué en problème public (Gusfield, 2009). Cela s’est notamment traduit par la mise en place d’interventions en milieu scolaire assurées par des associations, avec pour objectif, pour reprendre le terme vernaculaire, de « sensibiliser » les élèves au sujet. Ces démarches, destinées à un jeune public, contr…
How apprehensions impact policy implementation: A comparison of Dutch and French campaigns on street harassment
Although we often speak about a global increase in awareness and policy on street harassment, in France, the issue was incorporated into a gender-based violence policy subsector, while Dutch policymakers avoided vocabularies pertaining to structural male domination. Differences in governmental campaigns on street harassment were the result not only of policymakers’ positive convictions, but also of their ‘apprehensions’. Apprehension of ‘moralisi…
Le problème public du harcèlement de rue: Dynamiques De Publicisation Et De Pénalisation D’une Cause Féministe
Les rapports entre hommes et femmes dans les espaces publics urbains font, depuis plusieurs décennies maintenant, l’objet d’un travail militant destiné à ériger en « problème public » (Cefaï, Terzi, 2012) certains comportements récurrents à l’égard des femmes relativement banalisés auparavant. D’abord développée outre-Atlantique (Kearl, 2010), la lutte contre ce qui est désormais décrit et dénoncé comme le phénomène du « harcèlement de rue » a pr…
Une mesure raciste ? Négocier le risque de stigmatisation dans la verbalisation du harcèlement de rue
Depuis quelques années, plusieurs pays ont introduit des lois visant à punir le « harcèlement de rue ». En France, cette pénalisation est mise en œuvre dans une perspective explicitement féministe, considérant celui-ci comme le premier degré d’un « continuum de violences faites aux femmes ». Aux Pays-Bas, elle est au contraire menée, au sein de la classe politique, par la droite. Cette dernière présente la pénalisation comme une mesure de sauvega…
Justifying the protest camp: How Occupy movements’ ‘intimate protest’ challenged ideas about legitimate manifestation
The occupation of public space has become a key part of the repertoire of contention of contemporary social movements, at the heart of Occupy Wall Street, Indignados, Nuit Debout, and revolutionary movements of the Arab Spring. Despite the enormous resonance that these movements have had, they have also engendered criticism. Based on in-depth ethnographic fieldwork of two Occupy movements–Occupy Wall Street in New York and Occupy Utrecht in the N…
Faire réagir les témoins face au harcèlement de rue. Enquête sociologique sur la politisation des rapports de genre dans l'espace public
Dans les récentes campagnes de sensibilisation contre le harcèlement de rue, la critique des témoins, qualifiés de passifs, est constante. On retrouve souvent l'image d'un.e passant.e apathique, qui serait indifférent.e à l'agression, et on présente souvent la non-intervention des témoins comme une forme d'égoïsme, ou liée à la peur de subir soi-même des violences. En France, le problème public du harcèlement de rue a été défini principalement à …
Erik Neveu – Sociologie politique des problèmes publics
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Faire réagir les témoins face au harcèlement de rue. Enquête sociologique sur la politisation des rapports de genre dans l'espace public
Dans les récentes campagnes de sensibilisation contre le harcèlement de rue, la critique des témoins, qualifiés de passifs, est constante. On retrouve souvent l'image d'un.e passant.e apathique, qui serait indifférent.e à l'agression, et on présente souvent la non-intervention des témoins comme une forme d'égoïsme, ou liée à la peur de subir soi-même des violences. En France, le problème public du harcèlement de rue a été défini principalement à …
Journalists’ Apprehension of Being Politically Correct: A Source of Racial Stereotyping of Street Harassment Perpetrators in the Press
While racialized stereotyping in mass media is well-documented, sociological analysis of the journalistic practices and norms contributing to the production of such representations remains underdeveloped. We study these by analyzing media reporting on street harassment in the Netherlands, which frequently mentioned the racialized profiles of perpetrators. Existing research has proposed two major causes of racialized stereotyping in the press
Le problème public du harcèlement de rue: Dynamiques De Publicisation Et De Pénalisation D’une Cause Féministe
Les rapports entre hommes et femmes dans les espaces publics urbains font, depuis plusieurs décennies maintenant, l’objet d’un travail militant destiné à ériger en « problème public » (Cefaï, Terzi, 2012) certains comportements récurrents à l’égard des femmes relativement banalisés auparavant. D’abord développée outre-Atlantique (Kearl, 2010), la lutte contre ce qui est désormais décrit et dénoncé comme le phénomène du « harcèlement de rue » a pr…
How apprehensions impact policy implementation: A comparison of Dutch and French campaigns on street harassment
Although we often speak about a global increase in awareness and policy on street harassment, in France, the issue was incorporated into a gender-based violence policy subsector, while Dutch policymakers avoided vocabularies pertaining to structural male domination. Differences in governmental campaigns on street harassment were the result not only of policymakers’ positive convictions, but also of their ‘apprehensions’. Apprehension of ‘moralisi…
How Boys Deflect Responsibility for Street Harassment: Class, Race, and Responses to Sexual Violence Awareness Programs
This paper shows how boys respond to harassment awareness training programs and analyzes how such audiences might fail to see street harassment as ‘their’ problem (therefore deflecting responsibility for sexual violence). It is based on ethnographic observations of street harassment awareness programs organized in France and interviews with their participants. Boys’ intersectional identities informed how they responded to this program. Boys of co…
Apprehension of reproducing racialized stigmas in storytelling on street harassment in France: I feel I'd just be adding to the stereotype
Online and offline spaces where victims shared their experiences with street harassment were instrumental in putting this issue on the political agenda around the world. However, one question in particular sparked uneasiness among French activists: how to deal with stories that, in their view, reproduced stigmas about racialized men or disadvantaged areas? Existing scholarship addresses how people avoid mentioning race so that they do not risk be…
Repertoires of Comparison: How Common Comparisons Shape Social and Political Life
Comparison is ubiquitous in social life, yet some comparisons are far more common, institutionalized, and influential than others. Building on work in cultural sociology, we call these repertoires of comparison (RoCs). Institutionalized across one or more social fields, RoCs are employed at different levels of society (local, national, global) and across myriad social contexts (sports clubs, city offices, the media). For example, horrific events …
Justifying the protest camp: How Occupy movements’ ‘intimate protest’ challenged ideas about legitimate manifestation
The occupation of public space has become a key part of the repertoire of contention of contemporary social movements, at the heart of Occupy Wall Street, Indignados, Nuit Debout, and revolutionary movements of the Arab Spring. Despite the enormous resonance that these movements have had, they have also engendered criticism. Based on in-depth ethnographic fieldwork of two Occupy movements–Occupy Wall Street in New York and Occupy Utrecht in the N…
Erik Neveu – Sociologie politique des problèmes publics
.
Faire réagir les témoins face au harcèlement de rue. Enquête sociologique sur la politisation des rapports de genre dans l'espace public
Dans les récentes campagnes de sensibilisation contre le harcèlement de rue, la critique des témoins, qualifiés de passifs, est constante. On retrouve souvent l'image d'un.e passant.e apathique, qui serait indifférent.e à l'agression, et on présente souvent la non-intervention des témoins comme une forme d'égoïsme, ou liée à la peur de subir soi-même des violences. En France, le problème public du harcèlement de rue a été défini principalement à …
Justifying the protest camp: How Occupy movements’ ‘intimate protest’ challenged ideas about legitimate manifestation
The occupation of public space has become a key part of the repertoire of contention of contemporary social movements, at the heart of Occupy Wall Street, Indignados, Nuit Debout, and revolutionary movements of the Arab Spring. Despite the enormous resonance that these movements have had, they have also engendered criticism. Based on in-depth ethnographic fieldwork of two Occupy movements–Occupy Wall Street in New York and Occupy Utrecht in the N…
Le problème public du harcèlement de rue: Dynamiques De Publicisation Et De Pénalisation D’une Cause Féministe
Les rapports entre hommes et femmes dans les espaces publics urbains font, depuis plusieurs décennies maintenant, l’objet d’un travail militant destiné à ériger en « problème public » (Cefaï, Terzi, 2012) certains comportements récurrents à l’égard des femmes relativement banalisés auparavant. D’abord développée outre-Atlantique (Kearl, 2010), la lutte contre ce qui est désormais décrit et dénoncé comme le phénomène du « harcèlement de rue » a pr…
Une mesure raciste ? Négocier le risque de stigmatisation dans la verbalisation du harcèlement de rue
Depuis quelques années, plusieurs pays ont introduit des lois visant à punir le « harcèlement de rue ». En France, cette pénalisation est mise en œuvre dans une perspective explicitement féministe, considérant celui-ci comme le premier degré d’un « continuum de violences faites aux femmes ». Aux Pays-Bas, elle est au contraire menée, au sein de la classe politique, par la droite. Cette dernière présente la pénalisation comme une mesure de sauvega…
Sensibiliser sans moraliser: Informalisation et individualisation des démarches éducatives sur le harcèlement de rue aux Pays-Bas
Dans les années 2010, dans plusieurs pays européens, un ensemble de comportements regroupés sous l’expression « harcèlement de rue » a été constitué en problème public (Gusfield, 2009). Cela s’est notamment traduit par la mise en place d’interventions en milieu scolaire assurées par des associations, avec pour objectif, pour reprendre le terme vernaculaire, de « sensibiliser » les élèves au sujet. Ces démarches, destinées à un jeune public, contr…
How apprehensions impact policy implementation: A comparison of Dutch and French campaigns on street harassment
Although we often speak about a global increase in awareness and policy on street harassment, in France, the issue was incorporated into a gender-based violence policy subsector, while Dutch policymakers avoided vocabularies pertaining to structural male domination. Differences in governmental campaigns on street harassment were the result not only of policymakers’ positive convictions, but also of their ‘apprehensions’. Apprehension of ‘moralisi…
What Shapes Feminist Journalism? Comparing Dutch and French Reporting on Street Harassment
What leads journalists to adopt feminist framings by linking news topics to gender-based inequalities? While scholarship often mobilizes individualized explanations, such as journalists’ personal beliefs, this article investigates how structural factors inform feminist journalism. It draws from Dutch and French media reports on street harassment and interviews with journalists and their sources. Concepts of gender-based violence were largely abse…
Journalists’ Apprehension of Being Politically Correct: A Source of Racial Stereotyping of Street Harassment Perpetrators in the Press
While racialized stereotyping in mass media is well-documented, sociological analysis of the journalistic practices and norms contributing to the production of such representations remains underdeveloped. We study these by analyzing media reporting on street harassment in the Netherlands, which frequently mentioned the racialized profiles of perpetrators. Existing research has proposed two major causes of racialized stereotyping in the press
How Boys Deflect Responsibility for Street Harassment: Class, Race, and Responses to Sexual Violence Awareness Programs
This paper shows how boys respond to harassment awareness training programs and analyzes how such audiences might fail to see street harassment as ‘their’ problem (therefore deflecting responsibility for sexual violence). It is based on ethnographic observations of street harassment awareness programs organized in France and interviews with their participants. Boys’ intersectional identities informed how they responded to this program. Boys of co…
Apprehension of reproducing racialized stigmas in storytelling on street harassment in France: I feel I'd just be adding to the stereotype
Online and offline spaces where victims shared their experiences with street harassment were instrumental in putting this issue on the political agenda around the world. However, one question in particular sparked uneasiness among French activists: how to deal with stories that, in their view, reproduced stigmas about racialized men or disadvantaged areas? Existing scholarship addresses how people avoid mentioning race so that they do not risk be…
Repertoires of Comparison: How Common Comparisons Shape Social and Political Life
Comparison is ubiquitous in social life, yet some comparisons are far more common, institutionalized, and influential than others. Building on work in cultural sociology, we call these repertoires of comparison (RoCs). Institutionalized across one or more social fields, RoCs are employed at different levels of society (local, national, global) and across myriad social contexts (sports clubs, city offices, the media). For example, horrific events …
Political science (9 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Harassment (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Criminology (4 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Apprehension (3 works) · Education, sociology, and vocational training (3 works)