Sexual Harassment : Confrontations and Decisions (Contemporary Issues Series) [Paperback]

Edmund Wall (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 2000 | Series: Contemporary Issues

This important new collection not only presents some of the major debates in the current research on sexual harassment, but also attempts to demonstrate the need for further study of the problem. Increasing attention has been paid to sexual harassment but its meaning, nature, and remedy have eluded researchers and public officials. Since the late 1970s there have been many scientific studies that have investigated the frequency, causes, and effects of sexual harassment.One of the problems that plague these studies is the attempts to get a clear-cut definition and description of the problem. For example, sociologists have yet to reach a consensus on whether or not activities such as cursing, sexual jokes, or compliments in the workplace constitute sexual harassment. The manifestations of the problem are often obvious. The solutions are not. Highlighting the work of social theorists, feminists, psychologists, and legal scholars, "Sexual Harassment" separates fact from fiction, focuses on opposing views, and outlines the legal and moral complexity of establishing an acceptable social standard to combat this problem.

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"... addresses one of the big problems businesses are still trying to solve." -- Bookviews, September, 2000

Product Details

• Paperback: 294 pages
• Publisher: Prometheus Books; Rev Sub edition (June 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1573928305
• ISBN-13: 978-1573928304
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,348,056 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars An important legal issues guide and survey., September 8, 2000

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This review is from: Sexual Harassment : Confrontations and Decisions (Contemporary Issues Series) (Paperback)

This updated, revised new edition includes new contributions and new legal decisions and court cases as it considers issues of sexual harassment and outlines the legal and moral problems of battling the problem. From definitions of such harassment at work to its legal ramifications, this provides an important guide.

3.0 out of 5 stars From a victim's perspective, July 14, 2000

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This review is from: Sexual Harassment : Confrontations and Decisions (Contemporary Issues Series) (Paperback)

Although the book provided overwhelming substantiation to the topic of sexual harassment, the book lacked a degree of personalization from a victim's perspective. However, the book does provide an exhaustive and good theorist's view of sexual harassment -- which is good if in fact that is what you are looking to read. My interest were more aligned with the victim's perspective and thus more interested in a practitioner (vice) theorist view of: (1) victim experience(s); and (2) detailed harasser profile. One thing I have found that this book lacked as well as several others is that most assume that the female/victim is the subordinate and that the harasser is the "supervisor." The (3) key issues in subsequent investigations are an examination of the: (1) advance, (2)response and (3) employment consequence -- where the female/victim does not necessarily have to be the subordinate. Believe this book and others should address this issue in greater detail.