Author

Publication

1998 - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Lanham, Md, Maryland

Language

English

Word Count

69,000 words, Guess

Page Count

276 pages

Identifiers

and 3 more
  • Library of Congress Control Number98027901
  • LibraryThing1236450
  • Goodreads423219

Classifications

  • DDC305.42
  • LCCLC212.86 .P37 1998

Description

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.

Subjects

Series Statement

  • American intellectual culture

Other Editions

  • Heterophobia: sexual harassment and the future of feminismRowman & Littlefield Publishers1998-01-01

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