Gender Myths v. Working Realities : Using Social Science to Reformulate Sexual Harassment Law.

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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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Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Beiner, Theresa M.
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: New York : NYU Press, 2005.
Sujets:
Law and the social sciences > United States.
Sexual harassment > Law and legislation > Social aspects > United States.
Droit et sciences sociales > États-Unis.
LAW > Gender & the Law.
Law and the social sciences.
United States.
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Table des matières:
  • Acknowledgments; Introduction: What Law Can Learn from Social Scienceabout Workplace Sexual Harassment; 1 Making a More Realistic Assessment of What Is Sufficiently Severe or Pervasive to Constitute Sexual Harassment; 2 The Reasonable Woman Standard: Much Ado about Nothing?; 3 The Conundrum of "Unwelcome" Sexual Harassment; 4 Conceptualizing Sexual Harassment as "Because of Sex"; 5 Reality Bites the Ellerth/Faragher Standard for Imputing Liability to Employers for Supervisor Sexual Harassment; 6 Making Targets Whole and Deterring Defendants; 7 The New Sexual Harassment Claim; Notes.

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