Passing By Gender and Public Harassment

Name: Passing By Gender and Public Harassment
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ISBN: 9780520202153

ISBN-10: 0520202155

ISBN-13: 9780520202153

Edition: 1996

Authors: Carol Brooks Gardner

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Catcalls, wolf whistles, verbal slurs, pinches, stalking--virtually every woman has experienced some form of unwanted public attention by men. Off the street, in semi-public places such as restaurants and department stores, women often suffer the insult of being passed over by employees eager to serve men. How pervasive is this behavior? How dangerous can it be? What, if anything, should be done about it? Passing By, an illuminating, unsettling work, explores the important yet little-examined issue of gender-related public harassment. Based on extensive research--including in-depth interviews with nearly five-hundred midwestern women and men--it documents the many types of indignity visited…

Book details

List price: $30.95
Copyright year: 1996
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 8/16/1995
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 274
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.902
Language: English