Title: Back off! : how to confront and stop sexual harassment and harassers /
Authors: Langelan, Martha J.
Publisher: Simon & Schuster,
Year: 1993
Subjects: Sexual harassment of women United States Prevention.; Sexual Harassment; Women
Abstract: "Back Off! is filled with real-life success stories from women who have stopped harassers cold: Sharon, who succeeded in stopping a whole crew of habitual harassers in a city park ... ; Stephanie, a ten-year-old who confronted and escaped a child molester ... ; Catharine and Molly, who stood up to their landlord and stopped him from harassing the tenants ... ; and dozens more. From an eight-year-old who successfully challenged two young harassers on the playground to an organized group of fifty women who confronted a dockworker in response to an attempted rape on the job, here's what they did, how they did it - and how you can do it, too." "Back Off! is the first book to focus on the direct-action tactics that work and the first to deal with harassment everywhere it takes place, in both blue-collar and white-collar jobs, at school, on the street, on the bus or subway, in the park, even in church." "Back Off! examines the dynamics of sex and power in sexual harassment, the motives behind harassers' actions, and why traditional responses such as appeasement or aggression don't work, and describes the successful resistance strategies that you really can use - including nonviolent personal confrontation techniques, group confrontations, administrative remedies, and formal lawsuits."--Jacket.
Contents: Preface / Catharine A. MacKinnon -- Pt. I. The Culture and History of Harassment and Resistance. Ch. 1. Sexual Harassment: The Beginning of the End. Ch. 2. What's Going On Here? Why Do Men Harass Women? Ch. 3. The Roots of Successful Resistance: Civil Rights, Self-defense, and Nonviolence. Ch. 4. Confrontation: Stopping Harassers on the Job and on the Street -- Pt. II. The Success Stories: Confrontation in Action. Ch. 5. When Children Are the Target: Kids Who Defend Themselves. Ch. 6. When the Job Becomes a Misery: Confronting Harassers at Work. Ch. 7. Deep in Hostile Territory: Confronting Harassers in Male-Dominated Jobs. Ch. 8. Not All Men Harass: Men as Allies for Women. Ch. 9. Construction Workers, Subway Creeps, and Other Daily Hazards: Confronting Harassers in the Community. Ch. 10. When Your Minister Is a Molester, Your Professor Is a Lech, or Your Landlord Is a Sleaze: Stopping Harassers in Power Positions. Ch. 11. Confronting Muggers and Burglars: Self-defense in a Robbery. Ch. 12. Confronting Rapists: Self-defense in a Sexual Assault. Ch. 13. There Is Strength in Numbers: The Power of Group Confrontations. Ch. 14. Where Do We Go from Here? Community Strategies for Ending Sexual Harassment.