Comparative Study about Sexual Harassment and Sexual Violence by the Empowerment of Women

2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 20K12460
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 80030:Gender studies-related
• Research Institution: Osaka University
• Principal Investigator: Muta Kazue 大阪大学, 大学院人間科学研究科, 名誉教授 (80201804)
• Project Period (FY): 2020-04-01 – 2024-03-31
• Keywords: 性暴力 / セクハラ / ジェンダー平等 / 女性の安全

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Women's activism in Korea is based on a multi-layered, organic partnership and cooperation that we might call the "four generations of the Korean women's movement. However, with the recent rise in women's status, misogyny has spread, and cybersexual violence provides an easy, cheap, and powerful means to launch counterattacks against women.
In Scotland, the ongoing legislation to extend transgender rights has also led to conflicts, including confrontations and physical violent contact with women's groups that oppose this on the grounds of ensuring women's safety. In Korea, the position of the women's movement and feminist research in academia on this issue have not always been aligned, but rather diverged.

Free Research Field

ジェンダー研究

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

さまざまなマイノリティの人権の擁護は当然推進されるべき課題であるが、近年急速に広がっているトランスジェンダーの権利の推進は、女性の安全や権利との両立という点で、問題や困難も生じさせていることをスコットランドや韓国との比較研究によって具体的に明らかにできた。アカデミアにおけるフェミニズム研究はこの点で必ずしも問題解決に貢献できておらず、女性たちの運動とのさらなる協力や連携が求められていることも明らかにすることができた。