Beiner, Theresa M.

Gender myths v. working realities using social science to reformulate sexual harassment law / [electronic resource] : Gender myths versus working realities Theresa M. Beiner. - New York : New York University Press, c2005. - x, 262 p.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-252) and index.

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.


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Sexual harassment--Law and legislation--Social aspects--United States.
Law and the social sciences--United States.


Electronic books.

KF3467 / .B44 2005eb

344.7301/4133