Sexual harassment in America : a documentary history / Laura W. Stein.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stein, Laura W., 1963-

Series:

Primary documents in American history and contemporary issues 1069-5605

Primary documents in American history and contemporary issues, 1069-5605

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sexual harassment--Law and legislation--United States--History--Sources.

Sexual harassment.

Sex discrimination in employment--Law and legislation--United States--History--Sources.

Sex discrimination in employment.

Sex discrimination in employment--Law and legislation.

History.

Sexual harassment--Law and legislation.

United States.

Physical Description:

xxv, 297 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1999.

Summary:

The definition of sexual harassment and our developing awareness of the concept in the late twentieth century is explored in this collection of over 90 documents. Political and social aspects of sexual harassment are examined through legal cases that defined and prohibited it, as well as government documents, major studies, and newspaper accounts of major developments concerning sexual harassment. Each document is accompanied by an explanatory introduction to help high school and college students understand how that particular document fits into larger trends, while making it more accessible to the reader. Stein provides a comprehensive history that explores legal prohibitions on sexual harassment, examining important historical cases, while focusing on current areas of controversy, such as same-sex harassment and free speech issues.

Contents:

How Sexual Harassment Became Illegal

"How We Got Here: From Carmita Wood to Anita Hill" (1992) / Susan Brownmiller, Dolores Alexander

Definitions of Sexual Harassment

Definitions by the Government

Questions and Answers about Sexual Harassment (1992) / Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

EEOC Policy Guidance on Current Issues of Sexual Harassment (1990) / Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Sexual Harassment in the Federal Workplace: Is It a Problem? (1981) / Merit Systems Protection Board

Definitions by Commentators

Sexual Shakedown: The Sexual Harassment of Women on the Job (1978) / Lin Farley

Sexual Harassment of Working Women (1979) / Catharine A. MacKinnon

"Sexual Harassment as Sex Discrimination: A Defective Paradigm" (1990) / Ellen Frankel Paul

"What's Wrong With Sexual Harassment?" (1997) / Katherine M. Franke

Sexual Harassment in Employment

The Prevalence of Sexual Harassment in Employment

Sexual Harassment in the Federal Government: An Update (1988) / Merit Systems Protection Board

Sexual Harassment in the Federal Workplace: Trends, Progress, and Continuing Challenges (1995) / Merit Systems Protection Board

Men's and Women's Perceptions of Sexual Harassment

"Sexual Harassment...Some See It...Some Won't" (1981) / Eliza G. C. Collins, Timothy B. Blodgett

Laws Prohibiting Sexual Harassment in Employment

Federal Law

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 703a (1964)

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's Guidelines on Discrimination Because of Sex (1980) / Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Compliance Manual (1982, 1987) / Bureau of National Affairs

State Law

Vermont Fair Employment Practices Act (1993)

Early Sexual Harassment Cases

Cases Holding That Harassment Is Not Sex Discrimination

Corne v. Bausch & Lomb, Inc., U.S. District Court (1975)

Tomkins v. Public Service Electric & Gas Co., U.S. District Court (1976)

Cases Holding that Harassment Is Sex Discrimination

Williams v. Saxbe, U.S. District Court (1976)

Barnes v. Costle, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia (1977)

Tomkins v. Public Service Electric & Gas Co., U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (1977)

Hostile Environment Harassment Cases

Bundy v. Jackson, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia (1981)

Henson v. City of Dundee, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit (1982)

The Supreme Court Speaks

Meritor Savings Bank v. Vinson, U.S. Supreme Court (1986)

Harris v. Forklift Systems, Inc., U.S. Supreme Court (1993)

Proving "Unwelcomeness"

Legal Responsibility for Sexual Harassment

When the Employer Must Pay

When the Individual Harasser Must Pay

Tomka v. Seiler Corp., U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (1995)

Remedies Available in Cases of Harassment

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 706(g) (1964)

Civil Rights Act of 1991, 102 (1991)

U.S. Senate, Statements on Introduced Bills and Joint Resolutions - The Equal Remedies Act (1995)

"Judge Halves $7.1 Million Award in Harassment Case But Bay Area Woman Will Still Get Record Sum" (1994) / Harriet Chiang

Evidence About the Plaintiff's Sexual History

"The Bedroom Ploy: Plaintiff's Sex Lives Are Being Laid Bare in Harassment Cases" (1994) / Ellen E. Schultz, Junda Woo

Federal Rule of Evidence 412 (1994)

Same-Sex Harassment

Goluszek v. H. P. Smith, U.S. District Court (1988)

Quick v. Donaldson, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (1996)

Special Issues in Hostile Environment Harassment

The "Reasonable Woman" Standard

Ellison v. Brady, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (1991)

Policy Guidance on Current Issues of Sexual Harassment (1990) / Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Brief for Amicus Curiae American Psychological Association in Support of Neither Party, Harris v. Forklift Systems, Inc. (1993)

Brief of Amici Curiae Women's Legal Defense Fund, the National Women's Law Center, et al., in Support of Petitioner, Harris v. Forklift Systems, Inc. (1993)

Sexual Harassment Versus Free Speech

Brief for Amici Curiae Feminists for Free Expression in Support of Petitioner, Harris v. Forklift Systems, Inc. (1993)

"Workplace Harassment and the First Amendment: A Reply to Professor Volokh" (1996) / David Benjamin Oppenheimer

Sexual Harassment by Government Officials

Clarence Thomas and Anita Hill

Testimony of Hon. Clarence Thomas, Nomination of Judge Clarence Thomas to Be Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, Hearings before the Committee on the Judiciary of the United States Senate (1991)

Testimony of Anita F. Hill, Nomination of Judge Clarence Thomas to Be Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, Hearings before the Committee on the Judiciary of the United States Senate (1991)

Further Testimony of Hon. Clarence Thomas, Nomination of Judge Clarence Thomas to Be Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, Hearings before the Committee on the Judiciary of the United States Senate (1991)

"Taking Sides Against Ourselves" (1991) / Rosemary L. Bray

Remarks of Senator Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts, Debate on the Nomination of Clarence Thomas to Be Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court (1991)

|Senator Robert Packwood

Resolution for Investigation of Senator Bob Packwood (1995) / United States Senate Select Committee on Ethics

Resolution for Disciplinary Action of Senator Bob Packwood (1995) / United States Senate Select Committee on Ethics

President William Jefferson Clinton

Complaint of Paula Corbin Jones, Paula Corbin Jones v. William Jefferson Clinton and Danny Ferguson (1994)

Lawsuits Brought By Those Accused of Harassment

"Laws Covering Sex Harassment and Wrongful Dismissal Collide (1992) / Grace M. Kang

Sexual Harassment in the Military

The Prevalence of Sexual Harassment in the Military

Sexual Harassment in the Military: 1988 (1990) / Melanie Martindale

Department of Defense 1995 Sexual Harassment Survey, Executive Summary (1996) / Lisa D. Bastian, Anita R. Lancaster, Heidi E. Reyst

The Tailhook Scandal

Remarks of Senator John McCain regarding the Tailhook Association, Senate Proceedings and Debates of the 102d Congress, 1st Session (1991)

Tailhook 91, Part 2: "Events at the 35th Annual Tailhook Symposium" (1993) / Office of Inspector General, Department of Defense

Statement by Press Secretary Fitzwater on the Resignation of H. Lawrence Garrett III as Secretary of the Navy (1992)

Military Regulation of Sexual Harassment

"The Department of Defense Military Equal Opportunity Program" (1989)

Department of the Navy (DON) Policy on Sexual Harassment (1993)

Department of the Navy (DON) Policy on Sexual Harassment, Enclosure (3) (1993)

"Arresting 'Tailhook': The Prosecution of Sexual Harassment in the Military" (1993) / Lieutenant Commander J. Richard Chema

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1995, Proposed Amendment No. 2146, Remarks of Senator DeConcini (1994)

More Recent Military Sexual Harassment Scandals

Incidents at the Aberdeen Proving Ground

Testimony Before the Senate Armed Services Committee, Hearings on Sexual Harassment in Armed Services (1997) / Togo D. West, Jr.

"Issue of Race Emerges in Aberdeen Courtroom; Defense Says Army Targets Black Instructors" (1997) / Dana Priest, Jackie Spinner

Investigation of the Sergeant Major of the Army

"Top Enlisted Man in the Army Stands Accused of Sexual Assault" (1997) / Eric Schmitt

"Presumed Innocent; But Not for Long" (1997) / Richard Cohen

Sexual Harassment in Education

Laws Prohibiting Sexual Harassment in Education

Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972

"Sexual Harassment Guidance: Harassment of Students by School Employees, Other Students, or Third Parties" (1997) / Office for Civil Rights, United States Department of Education

Franklin v. Gwinnett County Public Schools, U.S. Supreme Court (1992)

California General Education Code 212.5, 48900.2 (1995)

Development of the Law Against Sexual Harassment in Education

Alexander v. Yale University, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (1980)

The Prevalence of Sexual Harassment in Educational Institutions

Primary and Secondary Schools

Secrets in Public: Sexual Harassment in Our Schools (1993) / Nan Stein, Nancy L. Marshall, Linda R. Tropp

Hostile Hallways: The AAUW Survey on Sexual Harassment in America's Schools (1993) / American Association of University Women

Institutions of Higher Education

"Female Faculty Members and Students at Harvard Report Sexual Harassment" (1983) / Nina McCain

Harassment by School Employees

Pallett v. Palma, U.S. District Court (1996)

Rosa H. v. San Elizario Independent School District, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (1997)

Harassment by Peers

Bruneau v. South Kortright Central School District, U.S. District Court (1996)

Rowinsky v. Bryan Independent School District, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (1996)

When The Very Young Are Accused of Harassment

"6-Year-Old's Sex Crime: Innocent Peck on Cheek" (1996) / Adam Nossiter

"Kiss Leads to a Policy Revision" (1996) / New York Times

"Harassment in 2d Grade? Queens Kisser is Pardoned" (1996) / Norimitsu Onishi

Sexual Harassment and Academic Freedom

"First Amendment: Do 'Hostile Environment' Charges Chill Academic Freedom? Yes: Call It What It Is - Censorship" (1994) / Michael S. Greve

"First Amendment: Do 'Hostile Environment' Charges Chill Academic Freedom? No: This Is Teaching?" (1994) / Linda Hirshman

New Frontiers in Sexual Harassment Law

Sexual Harassment in Housing

Fair Housing Act (1968)

"Home Is No Haven: An Analysis of Sexual Harassment in Housing" (1987) / Regina Cahan

"Regulations Relating to Housing and Urban Development, Discriminatory Conduct under the Fair Housing Act, Housing Practices" (1989)

DiCenso v. Cisneros, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (1996)

Sexual Harassment in Other Contexts

Unruh Civil Rights Act (1994)

The Supreme Court's Decisions from 1998

Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Services, Inc., U.S. Supreme Court (1998)

Burlington Industries, Inc. v. Ellerth, U.S. Supreme Court (1998)

Faragher v. City of Boca Raton, U.S. Supreme Court (1998)

Gebser v. Lago Vista Independent School District, U.S. Supreme Court (1998).

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0313301840

OCLC:

39033509