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First Published in 1998. In 1984, Billie Dziech co-wrote The Lecherous Professor, one of the first books to articulate the problem of sexual harassment on college campuses. Since that time a number of books exploring the issues, cases, and laws have moved the topic into the public eye. This work, the brainchild of a lawyer and an academic, reflects on some of the more controversial and overlooked aspects of sexual harassment and its litigation and law. Chapters cover the legal and regulatory evolution of the issue and its context in higher education at the end of the 20th century; the importance of having colleges approach policy making and harassment by analyzing their own environment; an examination of the treatment of women experiencing harassment, with special focus on women who appear unscathed by it; the situation of the male on campus and the problem of non-meritorious cases; the most familiar myths of consensual relationships and the role of bans in dealing with them; and the contention that the sexual harassment issue has exposed higher education's excesses and contradictions.

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Author:   Billie Wright Dziech ,  Michael W. Hawkins ,  Michael W. Hawkins
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 13.80cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.249kg
ISBN:  

9781138866546

ISBN 10:   1138866547
Pages:   214
Publication Date:   07 May 2015
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Into the thicket of anxieties, outrages, and legalisms we know as 'sexual harassment' march Billie Dziech and Michael Hawkins, machete in hand. The issues, as they demonstrate, often have as much to do with linguistics or jurisprudence as with abominable behavior, though evidence of the latter is not in short supply. Their clear-eyed and detailed assessment of the 'harassment' controversies now plaguing America's universities and colleges is long overdue and likely to be of immense value. -- C. Michael Curtis, Senior Editor, The Atlantic Monthly

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