In the Company of Men: Male Dominance and Sexual Harassment (New England Gender, Crime & Law) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1555536379 ISBN 13: 9781555536374

Publisher: Northeastern University Press, 2004

Synopsis

Despite over twenty years of discussion and study, sexual harassment remains a significant problem in the workplace. Current research focusing on organizational policy and women's career development often ignores the reality of male dominance, prevalent in areas such as the military, the police, and firefighting-occupations that see not only more frequent but also more severe harassment, even sexual assault. Meanwhile, new evidence points to the fact that men are largely responsible not only for the harassment of women but for most harassment of other men as well.

This landmark collection of original essays investigates the links between male dominance and sexual harassment in light of new research and more complex understandings of masculinity. Treated not merely as a matter of worker sex ratios but as an inherent element of workplace culture, male dominance is observed from a variety of quantitative and qualitative approaches ranging from criminology and sociology to psychology and gender studies. Integrating both men's and women's viewpoints, research across occupational groups, and studies from both the United States and Europe, the chapters provide an invaluable international perspective into two inextricably intertwined problems rooted in cultural constructions of gender and institutional roles and processes.

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About the Author

JAMES E. GRUBER, Professor of Sociology at the University of Michigan-Dearborn, has researched sexual harassment for over twenty years. PHOEBE MORGAN is Associate Professor of Criminal Justice at Northern Arizona University and cofounder of the International Coalition Against Sexual Harassment. CLAIRE RENZETTI, editor of the Northeastern Series on Gender, Crime, and Law, is Professor of Sociology at St. Joseph s University.

Edition details

• Publisher: Northeastern University Press
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1555536379
• ISBN 13: 9781555536374
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320
• Editor: Gruber James E., Morgan Phoebe