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Gender myths v. working realities : using social science to reformulate sexual harassment law /

Both the courts and the public seem confused about sexual harassment--what it is, how it functions, and what sorts of behaviors are actionable in court. Theresa M. Beiner contrasts perspectives from social scientists on the realities of workplace sexual harassment with the current legal standard. Wh...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Beiner, Theresa M.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : New York University Press, ©2005.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. Archive Political Science and Policy Studies Foundation.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Making a more realistic assessment of what is sufficiently severe or pervasive to constitute sexual harassment
  • The reasonable woman standard : much ado about nothing?
  • The conundrum of "unwelcome" sexual harassment
  • Conceptualizing sexual harassment as "because of sex"
  • Reality bites the Ellerth/Faragher standard for imputing liability to the employers for supervisor sexual harassment
  • Making targets whole and deterring defendants
  • The new sexual harassment claim.