‘They didn’t want to upset the client’: stalking in hands-on occupations

Scarr, L and Kennedy, MC ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6771-9608, 2023. ‘They didn’t want to upset the client’: stalking in hands-on occupations. In: Mellins, M, Wheatley, R and Flowers, C, eds., Young people, stalking awareness and domestic abuse. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 201-223. ISBN 9783031323782

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Abstract

Stalking within hands-on occupations has received little interest amongst scholars in the academic community. Whilst stalking healthcare professionals has been considered, this does not extend to other professionals within the beauty aesthetic industry. This research interviewed five participants (four employees and one employer) over Microsoft Teams and phone calls between April and July 2021. Employment ranged from a tattoo/piercing artist, spa therapist, psychiatric nurse, beauty therapist, and nail technician. Five themes emerged from the data including: (i) effects of stalking experiences; (ii) women conditioned to be polite; (iii) lack of employee worth; (iv) presence of men; (v) compassionless stalker. The findings provide empirical research that often young women who work in this industry are impacted significantly by stalking behaviour. Furthermore, these women find it difficult to assert themselves in these roles due to gender differences, patriarchal standards, and toxic work culture. Their safety and wellbeing are considered inconsequential in comparison to the business and its earnings.

Item Type:	Chapter in book
Creators:	Scarr, L. and Kennedy, M.C.
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan
Place of Publication:	Cham
Date:	2023
ISBN:	9783031323782
Identifiers:	Number Type 10.1007/978-3-031-32379-9_10 DOI 2278459 Other
Divisions:	Schools > School of Social Sciences
Record created by:	Jonathan Gallacher
Date Added:	07 Apr 2025 08:09
Last Modified:	07 Apr 2025 08:09
URI:	https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/53359

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