“HEY, WHY DON'T YOU WEAR A SHORTER SKIRT?”

@article{Rogers1997HEYWD,
  title={“HEY, WHY DON'T YOU WEAR A SHORTER SKIRT?”},
  author={Jackie Krasas Rogers and Kevin D. Henson},
  journal={Gender \& Society},
  year={1997},
  volume={11},
  pages={215 - 237}
}
Research on sexual harassment in the workplace has followed several trajectories: the extent of sexual harassment, labeling sexual harassment, responses to sexual harassment, and contributing factors to sexual harassment. Much of this research has been necessarily applied, leaving theoretical frameworks concerning sexual harassment underdeveloped. This research uses the case of the sexual harassment of temporary workers to develop grounded theory to provide a more structural understanding of… 
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Research has shown that a majority of employed women experience sexual harassment and suffer negative repercussions because of it; yet only a minority of these women label their experiences “sexual…
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This paper explores the nature of sexual harassment as a subjective and multi-faceted concept, one which challenges the meaning of taken-for-granted behaviors embedded in heterosexual interactions…
Responses to Sexual Harassment on the Job: Legal, Organizational, and Individual Actions
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SEXUAL HARASSMENT ON A UNIVERSITY CAMPUS: THE CONFLUENCE OF AUTHORITY RELATIONS, SEXUAL INTEREST AND GENDER STRATIFICATION*
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