Dirty Little Secrets, Sex in the Workplace: What Have We Learned and Where Do We Go from Here?

by Agonito, Rosemary, Ph.D.

• ISBN13: 9780967322032
• ISBN10: 0967322030
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-08-01
• Publisher: New Futures Pub

Table of Contents

Sex in the Workplace	7	(41)
Introduction	7	(2)
A National Screaming Match	9	(4)
What's the Big Deal?	13	(3)
Where We Go Astray	16	(11)
The Root of the Problem	27	(4)
He Sees, She Sees	31	(10)
Sex As Stereotype	41	(24)
Media Portrayals of Sex on the Job	41	(11)
Babes, Bimbos, Bitches and Studs	52	(8)
Stereotypes Everywhere	60	(5)
Sex As Office Affair	65	(42)
Everybody Does It	65	(3)
It's Nobody's Business	68	(8)
The Character Issue	76	(5)
It's Just Sex!	81	(2)
Consensual Sex in the Workplace	83	(4)
Minefields in the Path of True Love	87	(20)
The Boss-Subordinate Relationship	87	(6)
The Extramarital Affair	93	(5)
The Co-worker Relationship	98	(4)
The Worker-Client Relationship	102	(2)
The Married Couple Relationship	104	(3)
Sex As Power	107	(50)
Power Masking As Sex	107	(4)
Sex As Dominance	111	(7)
The Sexual Games Men Play on the Job	118	(18)
Sexual Jokes	119	(1)
Body Language	120	(3)
Boy Talk	123	(2)
The Compliment	125	(3)
The Put-Down	128	(1)
The Innuendo	129	(3)
The Rumor	132	(1)
The Message	133	(3)
Sex As Manipulation	136	(4)
The Sexual Games Women Play on the Job	140	(14)
Dress	140	(2)
Cleavage and Legs	142	(3)
Flirtation	145	(2)
Seduction	147	(2)
Girl Talk	149	(1)
Compliments	150	(2)
Innuendoes, Put-downs and Sexual Rumors	152	(2)
When Winning Is Losing	154	(3)
Sex As Sexual Harassment	157	(28)
A Sense of Entitlement	157	(3)
Trivializing the Serious, Making the Trivial Serious	160	(4)
Sorting Through the Legal Maze	164	(6)
Some Common Sense and Respect, Please	170	(3)
Hidden Agendas and Ill Will	173	(4)
The Gray Areas	177	(3)
The Costs of Sexual Harassment	180	(5)
Sex As Positive Energy	185	(8)
We've All Got It	185	(1)
Doing What Comes Naturally	186	(3)
The Ties That Bind	189	(4)
Where Do We Go From Here?	193	(20)
Unfinished Business	193	(8)
A Starting Point	201	(2)
Corporate Responsibility	203	(9)
Policy Criteria	203	(3)
Policy Suggestions	206	(6)
Individual Responsibility	212	(1)
Individual Considerations	212	(1)
Suggestions for Individuals	213