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Heterophobia : sexual harassment and the future of feminism

Title
Heterophobia : sexual harassment and the future of feminism / Daphne Patai.
Author
Patai, Daphne, 1943-
Publication
Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, ©1998.

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Description
xvi, 276 pages; 24 cm.
Summary
"Once confident in the potential of feminism to create a more equitable and just society, Daphne Patai persuasively demonstrates in Heterophobia how the efforts of some feminists - members of what she calls the "sexual harassment industry"--Have created an environment that stifles healthy and natural interactions between the sexes. The tremendous growth of sexual harassment legislation represents feminism's greatest contemporary success, but this victory has dubious consequences - a world where kindergarten boys face legal action for kissing female classmates and men are sued by coworkers for offenses such as unwanted hugs, uninvited compliments, or glances that last too long."--Jacket.
Series Statement
American intellectual culture
Uniform Title
American intellectual culture
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-251) and index.
Contents
Introduction Redifining the world -- Part I The making of a social problem -- Saving womenhood -- The sexual harassment industry -- Part II Typifying tales -- The accusers -- The fruits of injustice -- Galloping contradictions -- Part III The feminist turn against men -- Heterophobia -- "There ought to be a law" -- Conclusion A feminism for the future?
ISBN
  • 0847689875
  • 9780847689873
LCCN
  • 98027901
  • 9780847689873
OCLC
  • ocm39465188
  • 39465188
  • SCSB-507909
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library