Hot Topics: Sexual Harassment: Social Aspects

Description: Facing gradual and sudden sexism. It's not just you -- Systematizing culture and structure -- Verbal messages and social cues -- Sexualization -- Why women remain silent -- The role of pornography -- Why bystanders don't speak up. Cultural gaslighting : the double standard -- Not a sexist, he says --How women try to control sexism -- It isn't about a particular woman -- How women are pitted against each other -- The double bind of advancement -- Intervention strategies to activate bystanders. Speaking up -- Naming the behavior -- Addressing the behavior -- Destabilizing sexist environments.
"Who do you report sexism to when the offender owns the company? "Overt and intentional sexism" against women by powerful men in politics, business, and academia and across the white-color world in public and private institutions is common, according to author Elizabeth C. Wolfe, a conflict analysis and resolution specialist."

Description: Introduction: Men aren't the enemy -- The secret lives of women (a primer for men) -- She'll make you more successful -- We're all a little bit sexist -- The twelve most terrifying words in the English language -- She's pretty sure you don't respect her -- She deserves a raise. But she won't ask for it. -- Blind auditions : solving for bias, emotion, and other stuff you can't control -- Invisible women : the world's greatest untapped resource -- The next generation : the Harvard experiment -- The best place in the world to be a woman? -- Conclusion: The future is now -- Cheat sheet : tips and takeaways for men--and women.

"In a Day's Work exposes the underbelly of economies filled with employers who take advantage of immigrant women's need to earn a basic living. When these women find the courage to speak up, Yeung reveals, they are too often met by apathetic bosses and underresourced government agencies. But In a Day's Work also tells a story of resistance, introducing a group of courageous allies who challenge dangerous and discriminatory workplace conditions alongside aggrieved workers -- and win. Moving and inspiring, this book will change our understanding of the lives of immigrant women."

Description: Introduction: It's not a woman problem, it's a work problem -- Awareness. Who broke the workplace? A brief history -- Gender denial -- Privilege at work: how denial feeds and breeds inequality -- It's a path, not a ladder : becoming aware of your workplace -- Understanding. The achievement phase : six invisible barriers from graduate to manager -- The endurance phase : balancing management and motherhood -- The contribution phase : six barriers women leaders face -- Action. Breaking up with Don : why men need gender equality just as much as women -- Equality a call to lead -- It's our workplace so, let's fix it like our futures depend on it.

Description: Introduction: Sexual paranoia on campus -- The accusation factory : fantasies and realities -- Flip-flopping on consent : a "yes" becomes a "no" years after the fact -- My Title IX inquisition : the "safer" the space, the more dangerous for professors -- F*** confidentiality : reports from secret campus tribunals across America -- Sexual miseducation : a plea for grown-up feminism -- Coda: Eyewitness to a witch trial.
"From a highly regarded feminist, cultural critic, and professor comes a polemic arguing that the stifling sense of sexual danger sweeping American campuses doesn't empower women, it impedes the fight for gender equality."

Description: Rape culture : the evolution of a concept -- The mainstreaming of rape culture -- "Hey TV, stop raping women" -- Geek spaces : "pretty girls pretending to be geeks" -- Geek spaces : feminist interventions and SJW drama queens -- Rape culture on campus: "real men don't hurt women" -- Reconciling panic and policy.
"Ultimately, Phillips successfully lends insight into how the debates around rape culture, including microaggressions, gendered harassment, and so-called political correctness, inform our collective imaginations and shape our attitudes toward criminal justice and policy responses to sexual violence."

"Part manual, part womanifesto, Feminist Fight Club is a hilarious yet incisive guide to navigating subtle sexism at work, providing real-life career advice and humorous reinforcement for a new generation of professional women"

"Throughout the book, they weave real-life anecdotes from the women they interviewed, along with quick kernels of advice like a "New Girl Action Plan," ways to "Take Care of Yourself", and even "Comeback Lines" for dealing with sexual harassment and other difficult situations. Up-beat, pragmatic, and chock full of advice, What Works for Women at Work is an indispensable guide for working women. "

Description: A human rights violation -- Research and personal stories -- Local community activism -- Technology-fueled efforts -- Global campaigns -- Government initiatives -- Egypt and India case studies -- What comes next?

From modern sexism to gender microaggressions: Understanding contemporary forms of sexism and their influence on diverse women.