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Sexual harassment is a topical and important workplace and social issue, with most focus on women as the principal targets. However, men may also be victims of sexual harassment and may face a unique set of challenges, as male victims are not consistent with our schema of how sexual harassment is constructed. This study explores the existence of a negative bias towards male victims and proposes that, perhaps ironically, workplaces that are more dominated by women provide the best opportunity to remove the negative perceptions attached to men who are the victims of sexual harassment. The implications of the findings are discussed Refereed/Peer-reviewed

This study explores how mothers who care for a disabled child negotiate the social exclusion they experience. It utilizes constraint theory and explores the strategies mothers used to negotiate constraints. Whilst not all constraints were negotiated, it was apparent that mothers of a disabled child did manage to negotiate a range of constraints they faced, and that their negotiations were akin to those identified in the constraint negotiation literature. Findings from the study provide us with a greater insight into the nature of constraints faced by mothers of disabled children, and in particular the ways they negotiate these constraints. Another finding of interest was that the negotiation of constraints did provide some positive outcomes for the mother. More research that explores these positive aspects associated with caring for a disabled child is required. Refereed/Peer-reviewed