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Journal articles on the topic "Sexual harassment of women – Law and legislation – United States"

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Kelly, Joseph M., David D. Kadue, and Robert J. Mignin. "Sexual Harassment in the Workplace: A United States Perspective." International Journal of Discrimination and the Law 7, no. 1-4 (2005): 29–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/135822910500700403.

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Sexual harassment litigation has increased significantly within the United States. It is a cause of action that was created by the judiciary to enable an employee to work in an atmosphere free from a sexually hostile environment. Some parameters of U.S. sexual harassment law are still unclear, but the law now applies to men and women, and the burden of proof has gradually been eased. Under judge-made law, an employer will always be liable when harassment culminates in a tangible employment detriment. The employer is also automatically liable when a supervisor creates a hostile environment, unless the employer can prove that it has taken reasonable steps to prevent or correct harassment and that the employee unreasonably failed to use the employer's anti-harassment procedures. Employers are also liable for harassment perpetrated by supervisors, co-workers and non-employees if the employer is negligent in failing to prevent or correct harassment. Employers are thus well advised to formulate and enforce an anti-harassment workplace policy that allows a complainant to have a thorough, impartial and prompt investigation of any allegation of harassment. Complainants can elect to use federal-law and state-law remedies for sexual harassment/discrimination. The state law, unlike the federal, may allow unlimited tort-like damages. A complainant may also allege common law causes of action such as infliction of emotional distress.
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Tinkler, Justine E. "Resisting the Enforcement of Sexual Harassment Law." Law & Social Inquiry 37, no. 01 (2012): 1–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1747-4469.2011.01279.x.

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Most people in the United States believe that sexual harassment should be illegal and that enforcement is necessary. In spite of such widespread support for antiharassment regulations, sexual harassment policy training provokes backlash and has been shown to activate traditional gender stereotypes. Using in-depth interviews and participant observations of sexual harassment policy training sessions, this study uncovers the micro-level mechanisms that underlie ambivalence about the enforcement of sexual harassment law. I find that while the different locations of men and women in the status hierarchy lead to different manifestations of resistance, gender stereotypes are used to buttress perceptions that sexual harassment laws threaten norms of interaction and status positions that men and women have an interest in maintaining. The research has implications for understanding the role of law in social change, legal compliance, and the potential/limits of law for reducing inequality.
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Morgan, Jenny. "The Power of Storytelling: a Quest for a Public Discourse on Sexual Harassment." International Journal of Discrimination and the Law 7, no. 1-4 (2005): 5–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/135822910500700402.

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This article explores the possible reasons for the absence of a public discourse about sexual harassment in Australia, which can be contrasted with a relatively well-developed legal discourse. It also briefly compares the debate about sexual harassment in the United States and Australia that followed in the wake of controversial and very public sexual harassment cases in each country. It argues that the debate in the wake of the Clarence Hill-Anita Thomas hearings in the United States was much more productive than the debate in Australia after the publication of Helen Garner’s book, The First Stone. The discussion in Australia focused on whether the young women in the case had ‘over-reacted’ and whether there were generational differences in women’s reactions to sexual harassment. The more interesting (and I would argue, far more important) questions of what is sexual harassment is and what are its effects were ignored. This article goes on to explore one aspect of what sexual harassment is and does by examining what women actually do in response to sexual harassment through an analysis of some of the stories of targets of harassment as they appear in the law reports. In this way it tries to make some of the legal discourse about sexual harassment a part of the public discourse about the phenomenon.
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Paunovic, Nikola. "Sexual harassment from anti-discriminatory to criminal law regulation with reference to the key reasons for the invisibility of the victims." Temida 22, no. 3 (2019): 319–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.2298/tem1903319p.

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Ratification of the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence adopted in 2011 creates an obligation for the Party States to take the necessary legislative or other measures to ensure that sexual harassment is subject to criminal or other legal sanctions. Bearing in mind that sexual harassment, even before the adoption of this Convention, was prescribed by the anti- discriminatory and labour laws of the Party States, the paper focuses on the analysis of normative regulation of sexual harassment in the criminal legislation of the Republic of Serbia as well as in the comparative legal solutions, with the purpose of discussing the most important controversial issues concerning this new incrimination, giving particular attention to considering key reasons of objective and subjective nature that affect the invisibility of the victims of this criminal offence. Recognizing deficiencies of the criminal law regulation of sexual harassment, above all the widespread zone of punishability, de lege ferenda proposal for a normative reformulation of the essential elements of this criminal offence is provided in the concluding considerations, with the purpose of improving its application in practice.
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Raphael, Jody, Callie Marie Rennison, and Nikki Jones. "Twenty-Five Years of Research and Advocacy on Violence Against Women: What Have We Accomplished, and Where Do We Go From Here? A Conversation." Violence Against Women 25, no. 16 (2019): 2024–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1077801219875822.

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This article is a conversation between two academic experts, Callie Rennison and Nikki Jones, who endeavor to sum up what has been accomplished in eliminating violence against women in the United States during the 25 years of the journal’s existence. Domestic violence, rape, and sexual harassment are discussed. Although prevalence rates are down in domestic violence, rape and sexual harassment remain persistent problems. Looking at violence against women from an analysis of President Trump voters in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, Rennison and Jones observe the extent to which the current ideas and attitudes of women—both young and old—will need to change before violence can be eliminated. Rather than viewing events in the United States as totally negative, they see them as presenting new opportunities for greater understanding of violence against women and for new methods of prevention and perpetrator accountability.
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Htun, Mala, and Francesca R. Jensenius. "Fighting Violence Against Women: Laws, Norms & Challenges Ahead." Daedalus 149, no. 1 (2020): 144–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.1162/daed_a_01779.

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In the 1990s and 2000s, pressure from feminist movements and allies succeeded in pushing scores of states to reform their laws to prevent and punish violence against women (VAW). Even in states with progressive legislation, however, activists face challenges to induce citizens to comply with the law, compel state authorities to enforce the law, and ensure the adequate allocation of resources for social support services. In this essay, we take stock of legislative developments related to VAW around the world, with a focus on the variation in approaches toward intimate partner violence and sexual harassment. We analyze efforts to align behavior with progressive legislation, and end with a discussion of the balance activists must strike between fighting VAW aggressively with the carceral and social support dimensions of state power, while exercising some restraint to avoid the potentially counterproductive effects of state action.
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Mengeling, Michelle A., Kelly Hyman Burkitt, Gala True, et al. "Sexual Trauma Screening for Men and Women: Examining the Construct Validity of a Two-Item Screen." Violence and Victims 34, no. 1 (2019): 175–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.1891/0886-6708.34.1.175.

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The Veterans Health Administration (VHA), the largest integrated healthcare system in the United States, has conducted universal screening for military sexual trauma (MST) to facilitate MST-related care since 2002. VHA defines MST as sexual assault or repeated, threatening sexual harassment that occurred during military service. Evidence of construct validity, the degree to which the screen is measuring what it purports to measure (i.e., MST), was examined using the 23-item Sexual Experiences Questionnaire-Department of Defense (SEQ-DoD). Results showed individuals who endorsed no SEQ-DoD items screened MST negative. Those who had experienced more SEQ-DoD behaviors with greater frequency, and across all four SEQ-DoD domains, were more likely to screen MST positive. Findings were similar for men and women. These findings contribute to the validity evidence for the VHA MST screen.
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Mengeling, Michelle A., Kelly Hyman Burkitt, Gala True, et al. "Sexual Trauma Screening for Men and Women: Examining the Construct Validity of a Two-Item Screen." Violence and Victims 34, no. 1 (2019): 175–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.1891/0886-6708.vv-d-17-00003.

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The Veterans Health Administration (VHA), the largest integrated healthcare system in the United States, has conducted universal screening for military sexual trauma (MST) to facilitate MST-related care since 2002. VHA defines MST as sexual assault or repeated, threatening sexual harassment that occurred during military service. Evidence of construct validity, the degree to which the screen is measuring what it purports to measure (i.e., MST), was examined using the 23-item Sexual Experiences Questionnaire-Department of Defense (SEQ-DoD). Results showed individuals who endorsed no SEQ-DoD items screened MST negative. Those who had experienced more SEQ-DoD behaviors with greater frequency, and across all four SEQ-DoD domains, were more likely to screen MST positive. Findings were similar for men and women. These findings contribute to the validity evidence for the VHA MST screen.
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de Hart, Jane Sherron. "Equality Challenged: Equal Rights and Sexual Difference." Journal of Policy History 6, no. 1 (1994): 40–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0898030600003626.

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“ERA Won't Go Away!” The words were chanted at rallies and unfurled on banners at countless marches as the deadline—June 30, 1982—approached for ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment. To include in the Constitution the principle of equality of rights for women, supporters insisted, was an essential of republican government in a democratic society. Congress had shared that perception in 1972, passing a series of measures aimed at strengthening and expanding federal legislation banning discrimination on the basis of sex. Included was a constitutional amendment simply stating that “Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any state on account of sex.” Thirty-five of the thirty-eight states necessary for a three-fourths majority needed to amend the Constitution had given their approval.
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Thomas, Dawna Marie. "A Scholar’s Reflection on Intimate Partner Violence in the Cape Verdean Community." Violence Against Women 26, no. 14 (2020): 1790–811. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1077801220942845.

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The #MeToo and Time’s Up movements have sparked a significant cultural shift in the United States around sexual harassment and abuse by creating an environment of support, rather than one that punishes and silences women and men who come forward to tell their stories about abuse of all kinds. The Cape Verdean community faces a variety of complex challenges and barriers in addressing intimate partner violence. This article chronicles my experiences reporting the study findings from the Cape Verdean Women’s Project (CVWP), which included Cape Verdean women’s perceptions of intimate violence and their recommendations for social change.
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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Sexual harassment of women – Law and legislation – United States"

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Benihoud, Yasmina. "Regard critique sur le droit français du harcèlement sexuel au travail à la lumière du droit américain et du droit canadien." Thesis, McGill University, 2000. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=42288.

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A few months after having enacted a criminal statute creating the general offence of sexual harassment, the French Parliament enacted the Statute n° 92-1179 "relative a l'abus d'autorite en matiere sexuelle dans les relations de travail". In this statute, as in the criminal statute, the French legislator considers sexual harassment in a peculiar way, and departs from the North-American position on three points:
First, while American law and Canadian law understand clearly sexual harassment as a form of sex discrimination, the French approach is more ambiguous. It appears that the French legislator understands sexual harassment more as an infringement to freedom than a form of sex discrimination.
Second, the French legislator has defined sexual harassment in a more restrictive way than in North America. While American law and Canadian law prohibit hostile harassment and sexual harassment by colleagues, these forms of sexual harassment are not prohibited in French law. Finally, on the question of the employer's liability, the French approach is more "timid" than in American law and in Canadian law.
The French legislator has justified its more restrictive approach to the problem of sexual harassment in comparison with the North-American position by two arguments: the fear of the "American 'drift'" and the peculiarity of the relationships between women and men in France. However, it is argued that the choice of the French legislator is not convenient because it leaves a significant number of victims outside the scope of the law, and is not clear enough on the employer's obligations. Furthermore, it is maintained that both arguments of the legislator are more caricatural than real.
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"Sexual harassment, special relationships and consensual engagement policies within higher learning institutions : a labour law perspective." Thesis, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10210/14034.

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A university is a community of adults in which close personal relationships between adults can develop. These institutions of higher learning recognise the need for policies prohibiting sexual harassment but few have addressed the subtle issues surrounding consensual and special amorous relationships between academic staff members and students and whether they have the right to regulate private behaviour between adults. The aim of this minor dissertation is to explore the issue of the university having a responsibility to ensure that it maintains an environment for study free from sexual harassment. The question lies in whether the university policies should prohibit not only sexual harassment but also consensual sexual engagement and special relationships between academic staff and students, taking into account the development of the legal theory of sexual harassment as a violation of the fundamental rights of workers and the emergence of employment law both in the United States of America (USA) and South Africa. The issues herein will be the debate against stricter prohibitions on relationships with the argument of engaging the rights of students to enter into relationships that are not prohibited by law, the question of freedom of association and privacy and the enforcement and implementation of such policies. It will become clear that the law of employment discrimination stands in sharp contrast to the understanding of academic freedom and these parameters may well be lost in translation when entering the academic world. This then raises the argument about whether any consent was real and voluntarily bestowed, with factors such as power, undue influence, fear and favour playing major roles.
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Little, Doric. "An investigation of the legal parameters of policies dealing with sexual relationships in academe." Thesis, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/10125/9676.

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Books on the topic "Sexual harassment of women – Law and legislation – United States"

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Pilon, Marilyn. "Anti-stalking" laws: The United States and Canadian experience. Library of Parliament, Research Branch, 1993.

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Kate, Repa Barbara, ed. Sexual harassment on the job. Nolo Press, 1992.

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Kate, Repa Barbara, ed. Sexual harassment on the job. 2nd ed. Nolo Press, 1995.

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Dziech, Billie Wright. The lecherous professor: Sexual harassment on campus. 2nd ed. University of Illinois Press, 1990.

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Sexual harassment in the workplace: Law and practice. 3rd ed. Panel Publishers, 2000.

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1950-, Hartsfield William E., ed. What every employer should be doing about sexual harassment. Business & Legal Reports, Inc., 1998.

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Sexual harassment in the public workplace. Section of State and Local Government Law, American Bar Association, 2001.

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Kate, Repa Barbara, ed. Sexual harassment on the job: What it is & how to stop it. 4th ed. Nolo Press, 1999.

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Kate, Repa Barbara, ed. Sexual harassment on the job: What it is & how to stop it. 3rd ed. Nolo Press, 1998.

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Hill, Anita. Speaking truth to power. Doubleday, 1998.

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Book chapters on the topic "Sexual harassment of women – Law and legislation – United States"

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Gibbon, Thomas C., and David F. Bateman. "Title IX and Sexual Harassment." In Social Issues Surrounding Harassment and Assault. IGI Global, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-7036-3.ch018.

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This chapter addresses the application of Title IX to protect students from sexual harassment and assault in schools and human service organizations. The United States continues to need this legislation to protect students and other vulnerable populations. Title IX recognizes that sexual harassment can happen between males and females or within genders. Age is not a limiting factor in sexual harassment cases. The law is designed to protect victims regardless of the source of the alleged abuse. Institutions must designate a Title IX Coordinator, create and publicize policies and procedures, and regularly train students and employees. When a complaint is being investigated, the institution must protect the privacy of the victim, protect the victim's safety, document the steps taken, and act promptly. Students can sue for damages if the school does not comply with Title IX procedures. This chapter was meant as an overview of this topic. The authors strongly recommend seeking legal counsel for any specific questions about a violation of Title IX.
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Gibbon, Thomas C., and David F. Bateman. "Title IX and Sexual Harassment." In Sexual Misconduct in the Education and Human Services Sector. IGI Global, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0657-7.ch006.

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This chapter addresses the application of Title IX to protect students from sexual harassment and assault in schools and human service organizations. The United States continues to need this legislation to protect students and other vulnerable populations. Title IX recognizes that sexual harassment can happen between males and females or within genders. Age is not a limiting factor in sexual harassment cases. The law is designed to protect victims regardless of the source of the alleged abuse. Institutions must designate a Title IX Coordinator, create and publicize policies and procedures, and regularly train students and employees. When a complaint is being investigated, the institution must protect the privacy of the victim, protect the victim's safety, document the steps taken, and act promptly. Students can sue for damages if the school does not comply with Title IX procedures. This chapter was meant as an overview of this topic. The authors strongly recommend seeking legal counsel for any specific questions about a violation of Title IX.
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West, Traci C. "Vulnerability." In Solidarity and Defiant Spirituality. NYU Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.18574/nyu/9781479849031.003.0004.

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Based on encounters with leaders in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, this chapter launches an exploration of how to translate foreign political and spiritual innovations—without distorting them—to familiar terms to garner lessons for countering United States gender-based violence. For antiracist strategizing, Brazil’s prominence as a transatlantic slave trade port of entry provides a relevant racial and religious legacy, especially Candomblé, an African-based religion practiced by some activists. Concern about how racial and class stigmas increase poor black women’s vulnerability to domestic and sexual violence surfaces in conversations about implementing Brazil’s 2006 Maria da Penha gender violence law (including women’s police stations) and organizing domestic workers subject to workplace sexual harassment and assault. Their ideas evoke comparisons of such vulnerability for poor U.S. black women, such as New York hotel maid Nafissatou Diallo.
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