Hostile Environment

The Political Betrayal of Sexually Harassed Women

Author: Gwendolyn Mink
ISBN: 0801436443

According to some of President Clinton's feminist supporters, his alleged behavior toward Paula Jones did not constitute sexual harassment because he had taken "no" for an answer. Others insisted that Jones could not have been harassed because the president did not punish her for refusing him. During the impeachment debate, many feminists defended the president on the grounds that his alleged lies in the Jones case were "just about sex" and therefore insignificant. In the most publicized sexual harassment case to date, longtime proponents of sexual harassment law raised the political and legal thresholds for taking sexual harassment seriously.In a passionate defense of the rights of sexually harassed women, Gwendolyn Mink warns that the president's supporters have undermined our sexual harassment laws. Hostile Environment is her provocative account of the harm being done to these laws and her warning that the laws themselves are worthless if few women dare to use them.Correcting many c

Publisher: Cornell University Press
Publish Date: 2000-01

Subjects: Law / Labor & Employment, Political Science / General, Social Science / Feminism & Feminist Theory

This book is available in the following Community Centers: Women's Center (Location: Sexual Assault/Harassment)