Sex and the office : a history of gender, power, and desire /
Berebitsky, Julie,
Sex and the office : a history of gender, power, and desire / Julie Berebitsky. - New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2012. - 1 online resource (x, 359 pages) : illustrations - Society and the sexes in the modern world . - Society and the sexes in the modern world. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Dangers, desires, and self-determination : competing narratives of the sexual culture of the new, gender-integrated office -- White-collar casanovas : gender, class, and (hetero)sexuality in the office, 1861 to World War II -- Betwixt and between : new freedoms and new risks in the sexually and psychologically modern office -- Gold diggers, innocents, and tempted wives : the skyscraper in fiction and film -- Morals and morale : managing sex in business, World War II to the early 1960s -- The white-collar revolution : Helen Gurley Brown, sex, and a new model of working womanhood -- Desire or discrimination? : old narratives meet a new interpretation -- Two steps forward, one step back : wanted and unwelcome advances after "sexual harassment."
In this engaging book--the first to historicize our understanding of sexual harassment in the workplace--Julie Berebitsky explores how Americans' attitudes toward sexuality and gender in the office have changed from the 1860s, when women first took jobs as clerks in the U.S. Treasury office, to the present. Berebitsky recounts the actual experiences of female and male office workers; draws on archival sources ranging from the records of investigators looking for waste in government offices during World War II to the personal papers of Cosmopolitan editor Helen Gurley Brown and Ms. magazine founder Gloria Steinem; and explores how popular sources--including cartoons, advertisements, advice guides, and a wide array of fictional accounts--have represented wanted and unwelcome romantic and sexual advances. By giving sex in the office a history, she provides valuable insights into the nature and meaning of sexual harassment today.
9780300183276 (electronic bk.) 0300183275 (electronic bk.)
351987 MIL 22573/ctt113wsn JSTOR DF8FD637-3A2B-444B-978C-AF03BFE56C8C OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com
GBB1E5936 bnb
015998068 Uk
1900-1999
Women--Employment--History--United States--20th century.
Women employees--History.--United States
Sex role--History--United States--20th century.
Personnel féminin--Histoire.--États-Unis
Rôle selon le sexe--Histoire--États-Unis--20e siècle.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS--Labor.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Labor & Industrial Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Women's Studies.
Industry.
Sex role.
Women employees.
Women--Employment.
Weibliche Angestellte
Geschlechterrolle
Büro
Arbeitswelt.
Geschlechterbeziehung.
Geschlechterrolle.
Macht.
Frau.
Berufsrolle.
Sexualität.
Kontorister--historia--Förenta staterna.
Arbetsförhållanden--sexuella trakasserier.
Könsroller.
Kvinnouppfattning.
Kvinnor--arbete och arbetsmarknad--historia--Förenta staterna--1900-talet.
Könsroller--historia--Förenta staterna--1900-talet.
Sexuella trakasserier--historia--Förenta staterna--1900-talet.
United States.
USA
USA.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
HD6053 / .B47 2012eb
331.40973
Sex and the office : a history of gender, power, and desire / Julie Berebitsky. - New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2012. - 1 online resource (x, 359 pages) : illustrations - Society and the sexes in the modern world . - Society and the sexes in the modern world. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Dangers, desires, and self-determination : competing narratives of the sexual culture of the new, gender-integrated office -- White-collar casanovas : gender, class, and (hetero)sexuality in the office, 1861 to World War II -- Betwixt and between : new freedoms and new risks in the sexually and psychologically modern office -- Gold diggers, innocents, and tempted wives : the skyscraper in fiction and film -- Morals and morale : managing sex in business, World War II to the early 1960s -- The white-collar revolution : Helen Gurley Brown, sex, and a new model of working womanhood -- Desire or discrimination? : old narratives meet a new interpretation -- Two steps forward, one step back : wanted and unwelcome advances after "sexual harassment."
In this engaging book--the first to historicize our understanding of sexual harassment in the workplace--Julie Berebitsky explores how Americans' attitudes toward sexuality and gender in the office have changed from the 1860s, when women first took jobs as clerks in the U.S. Treasury office, to the present. Berebitsky recounts the actual experiences of female and male office workers; draws on archival sources ranging from the records of investigators looking for waste in government offices during World War II to the personal papers of Cosmopolitan editor Helen Gurley Brown and Ms. magazine founder Gloria Steinem; and explores how popular sources--including cartoons, advertisements, advice guides, and a wide array of fictional accounts--have represented wanted and unwelcome romantic and sexual advances. By giving sex in the office a history, she provides valuable insights into the nature and meaning of sexual harassment today.
9780300183276 (electronic bk.) 0300183275 (electronic bk.)
351987 MIL 22573/ctt113wsn JSTOR DF8FD637-3A2B-444B-978C-AF03BFE56C8C OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com
GBB1E5936 bnb
015998068 Uk
1900-1999
Women--Employment--History--United States--20th century.
Women employees--History.--United States
Sex role--History--United States--20th century.
Personnel féminin--Histoire.--États-Unis
Rôle selon le sexe--Histoire--États-Unis--20e siècle.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS--Labor.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Labor & Industrial Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Women's Studies.
Industry.
Sex role.
Women employees.
Women--Employment.
Weibliche Angestellte
Geschlechterrolle
Büro
Arbeitswelt.
Geschlechterbeziehung.
Geschlechterrolle.
Macht.
Frau.
Berufsrolle.
Sexualität.
Kontorister--historia--Förenta staterna.
Arbetsförhållanden--sexuella trakasserier.
Könsroller.
Kvinnouppfattning.
Kvinnor--arbete och arbetsmarknad--historia--Förenta staterna--1900-talet.
Könsroller--historia--Förenta staterna--1900-talet.
Sexuella trakasserier--historia--Förenta staterna--1900-talet.
United States.
USA
USA.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
HD6053 / .B47 2012eb
331.40973