Sexual harassment : confrontations and decisions / edited by Edmund Wall.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Wall, Edmund.

Series:

Contemporary issues (Buffalo, N.Y.)

Contemporary issues

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sexual harassment of women--United States.

Sexual harassment of women.

United States.

Sexual harassment of women--Law and legislation--United States.

Sexual harassment of women--Law and legislation.

Physical Description:

294 pages ; 23 cm.

Edition:

Revised edition.

Place of Publication:

Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, 2000.

Summary:

Highlighting the work of social theorists, feminists, psychologists, and legal scholars, this new edition focuses on opposing views and outlines the legal and moral complexity of establishing an acceptable social standard to combat this problem. Includes contributions by many distinguished commentators, as well as selections from important court cases. The first edition was the winner of the Gustavus Myers Award for Outstanding Book on Human Rights in the U.S.A.

Contents:

Part 1 Definitions and Policy Descriptions

The University

1. Consensual Amorous Relationships Between Faculty and Students: The Constitutional Right to Privacy / Elisabeth A. Keller 21

2. Consensual Amorous Relationships / Louise F. Fitzgerald 42

3. Male Students: The Invisible Casualties / Billie Wright Dziech, Michael W. Hawkins 48

The Workplace

4. The Definition of Sexual Harassment / Edmund Wall 63

5. Sexual Harassment: Why the Corporate World Still Doesn't "Get It" / Vaughana Macy Feary 78

6. Sexual Harassment and Wrongful Communication / Edmund Wall 99

Part 2 Explanations and Causes

7. Sexual Harassment at Work: Three Explanatory Models / Sandra S. Tangri, Martha R. Burt, Leanor B. Johnson 115

8. Sexual Aggression and Nature / Camille Paglia 133

9. The Social Causes of Sexual Harassment / Catharine A. MacKinnon 141

Part 3 Legal Responses

The Civil Rights Act

10. Sexual Harassment as Sex Discrimination / Catharine A. MacKinnon 157

11. Bared Buttocks and Federal Cases / Ellen Frankel Paul 167

12. Legal Theories of Sexual Harassment / Alba Conte 173

13. Vinson v. Taylor (Appellate Court Decision, 1985) 218

14. Vinson v. Taylor (Dissenting Opinion) 225

15. Sexual Harassment Law in the Aftermath of the Hill-Thomas Hearings / Susan Deller Ross 230

16. Harris v. Forklift Systems, Inc. (U.S. Supreme Court Decision, 1993) 241

Hostile-Environment Sexual Harassment and the First Amendment

17. The Sexual Politics of the First Amendment / Catharine A. MacKinnon 248

18. Talking Dirty / The Editors, The New Republic 258

19. Robinson v. Jacksonville Shipyards, Inc. (U.S. District Court Decision, 1991) 262

20. Pornography, Equality, and a Discrimination-Free Workplace: A Comparative Perspective / The Editors, Harvard Law Review 274.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1573928305

OCLC:

43245821