Saturday, February 4, 2012

Misogyny, Androgyny, and Sexual Harassment:

A very enlightening paper by Meredith Render, in which she is seeking answers to the following questions posed in the following quote:

Over the last few years, both feminists and queer theorists have been asking …: what is wrong with sexual harassment? During the period leading up to and following the Supreme Court's decision in the same-sex sexual harassment case of Onacle v. Sundowner Offshore Services, Inc., feminists and queer theorists have become increasingly interested in the theoretical underpinnings of sexual harassment doctrine. The devate has centered primarily on the “why” question of sexual harassment, that is why are the interactions that legal doctrines defines as “sexual harassment” wrong or harmful? More importantly, the “why” debate asks, why should we consiter sexually harassing conduct be a form of discrimination because of sex? What does it mean to discriminate because of sex: What does “sex” eveen mean nowadays?”
Please see the entire text. It is a fascinating read.
Misogyny, Androgyny, and Sexual Harassment: Sex Discrimination in a Gender-Deconstructed World

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