Sexual Harassment - A Debate

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.

List of contents

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

About the author

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.

Summary

The question of what constitutes sexual harrassment is contentious, as is the question of how to address sexual harrassment. In this debate, two philosophers of widely divergent views present their arguments and then respond to each other's reasoning.

Product details

• Authors: Mane Hajdin, Hajdin Mane, Linda Lemoncheck, LeMoncheck Linda
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.02.1997
• EAN: 9780847684243
• ISBN: 978-0-8476-8424-3
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 235 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 508 g
• Series: Point/Counterpoint: Philosophers Debate Contemporary Issues; Point/Counterpoint: Philosophe; Point/Counterpoint: Philosophers Debate Contemporary Issues; Point/Counterpoint: Philosophe
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sexual Abuse & Harassment, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Sexual abuse & harassment, Ethics & moral philosophy, Social discrimination & inequality, Ethics and moral philosophy, Gender studies, gender groups, Sexual abuse and harassment, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination, Social discrimination and social justice