Description |
ix, 208 pages ; 24 cm |
Contents |
1. Sexual harassment: Reviewing the field / Alison M. Thomas and Celia Kitzinger -- Pt. I. Refusing the label, declining to protest. 2. Off with the velvet gloves / Carrie Herbert. 3. Gender inequality, sexual harassment and the toxic organization: The case of medical women / Paula Nicolson. 4. Sexual harassment and the working lives of secretaries / Helen Mott and Susan Condor. 5. 'Femininity' and women's silence in response to sexual harassment and coercion / Kathleen V. Cairns -- Pt. II. Sexual harassment as power. 6. Sexual terrorism on the street: The moulding of young women into subordination / June Larkin. 7. Men behaving badly? A psychosocial exploration of the cultural context of sexual harassment / Alison M. Thomas. 8. Keeping them in their place: Hetero/sexist harassment, gender and the enforcement of heterosexuality / Debbie Epstein. 9. Daughters in danger: The case of 'campus sex crimes' / Linda Mahood and Barbara Littlewood |
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10. Sexual violence in India: 'Eve-teasing' as backlash / Barbara Bagilhole |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Subject |
Feminist theory.
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Heterosexism.
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Sex role in the work environment.
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Sexism.
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Sexual harassment of women.
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Author |
Kitzinger, Celia.
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Thomas, Alison M., 1956-
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Open University.
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LC no. |
97000567 |
ISBN |
0335195806 (pb) |
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0335195814 (hb) |
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