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- Title
Galloping Contradictions: Sexual Harassment in Academe.
- Authors
Patai, Daphne
- Abstract
Abstract: In the space of barely twenty years, the concept of "sexual harassment" has gone far toward redefining the relationships between men and women. Rooted in a feminist view of men's sexual overtures in the workplace as manifestations of male dominance, legal recourse against it, both on the job and in schools, quickly became a game anybody could play. What happens, then, when a feminist is caught in the web? By examining in detail Jane Gallop's recent book Feminist Accused of Sexual Harassment, this essay exposes the contradictions that the discourse of sexual harassment has generated. Furthermore, it traces these contradictions to the influence of some radical feminist theories that are both anit-male and anti-heterosexual. Gallop's defense, from this perspective, is a weak one, aimed merely at protecting her own position while carefully distancing herself from the main targets of the sexual harassment industry--men.
- Subjects
FEMINIST Accused of Sexual Harassment (Book); SEXUAL harassment of women; SOCIAL conditions of men; SOCIAL conditions of women
- Publication
Gender Issues, 1998, Vol 16, Issue 1/2, p86
- ISSN
1098-092X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s12147-998-0017-x