Sexual Harassment
A Debate
1st Edition
Published on 1. January 2000
192 pages
979-8-216-34555-8 (ISBN)
Description
The question of what constitutes sexual harassment-from suggestive remarks to outright threats, from off-color jokes to lewd posters on office walls-is contentious, as is the question of how to address sexual harassment. Do all instances of sexual harassment constitute sex discrimination? Are some instances merely sexual attraction gone wrong? Do social policies aimed at eliminating sexual harassment in the workplace violate freedom of expression or do they make working relationships possible between women and men? In this uncompromising yet respectful debate, two philosophers of widely divergent views present clear arguments and then respond directly to each other's reasoning. LeMonchek argues for a feminist perspective on sexual harassment that is sensitive to the politics of gender. Hajdin contends that this perspective is both morally confusing and legally problematic, and that sexual harassment can be better addressed by traditional moral and legal categories.
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Persons
Linda LeMoncheck is the author of Dehumanizing Women: Treating Persons as Sex Objects and Loose Women, Lecherous Men: A Feminist Philosophy of Sex.
Mane Hajdin, senior lecturer at the University of Waikato in New Zealand, is the author of The Boundaries of Moral Discourse.
Mane Hajdin, senior lecturer at the University of Waikato in New Zealand, is the author of The Boundaries of Moral Discourse.
Content
Chapter 1 Taunted and Tormented or Savvy and Seductive?: Feminist Discourses on Sexual Harassment
Chapter 2 Why the Fight against Sexual Harassment Is Misguided
Chapter 3 Response
Chapter 4 Response
Chapter 2 Why the Fight against Sexual Harassment Is Misguided
Chapter 3 Response
Chapter 4 Response
