This authoritative reference work informs readers about the scope, nature, and prevalence of sexual harassment and misconduct in all walks of American life and how changes in policy, law, and traditional gender dynamics can address the problem. As revelations of sexual harassment and misconduct roil Hollywood; Washington, D.C.; and workplaces across the country, these problems are being examined more closely than ever before. This encyclopedia provides interested readers with a comprehensive and authoritative resource to help them understand not only the specific scandals that have erupted across U.S. society, but the historical factors and events that have led to this moment in American history. The book features entries that illuminate various types of sexual harassment and misconduct (e.g., quid pro quo, hostile environment), explain different classifications of harassers (e.g., territorial, predatory), survey how sexual harassment and misconduct manifest themselves in different settings (e.g., workplace, school, military, politics, home), detail the major cases that have been publicized since the #MeToo Movement gained momentum, and explain various reforms and responses that are being crafted to address deeply entrenched problems of sexism and harassment in American culture.

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Acknowledgments Introduction A–Z Entries Affirmative Consent Laws Agriculture Industry Ailes, Roger Amateur Sports Authority Figures "Baby It's Cold Outside" Backlash against Allegations of Sexual Harassment and Assault Ballard, Sarah Barnes v. Costle Barnes v. Train Batali, Mario Blair, Selma Buddhism Burke, Tarana "Burn Book of Bad Men" Campus Accountability and Safety Act (CASA) Campus Sexual Violence Elimination Act (SaVE Act) Carlson, Gretchen Casting Couch Catcalls Code of Conduct College Campuses College Campuses, Institutional Transparency Concerts Congress Constand, Andrea Corrections System Cosby, Bill Crews, Terry Denhollander, Rachael Discrimination Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Equal Protection Clause Factory and Manufacturing Settings Faragher v. City of Boca Raton Faragher-Ellerth Defense Farley, Lin Fashion Industry Federal Express Sexual Harassment Scandal Fine Arts Fowler, Susan J. Franken, Al Gamergate Gelser, Sara Gender Competency Gender Equality Gillibrand, Kirsten Glenn Thrush Scandal Groping Harris v. Forklift Systems Harvey Weinstein Scandal Health Care Industry Health Effects Hill, Anita Horrible Bosses Hostile Work Environment Human Trafficking Incel Iwu, Adama Jenson vs. Eveleth Taconite Co. Judd, Ashley K–12 Education, Peer-to-Peer Kavanaugh, Brett Kelly, R. Kesha (Kesha Rose Sebert, Ke$ha) Larry Nassar Scandal Lauer, Matt Louis C.K. MacKinnon, Catharine A. Mad Men Marital Violence M*A*S*H McGowan, Rose Media Men's List Meritor Savings Bank v. Vinson #MeToo and Environmental Abuse #MeToo Movement Milano, Alyssa Military Settings Minassian, Alek Movies, Depictions of Sexual Harassment Music/Video Settings National Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month News Media Coverage 9 to 5 Nondisclosure Agreements Norton, Eleanor Holmes Objectification of Women Objectification of Women in Media, Songs, Video Objectification of Women in Movies, Books Office/Workplace Settings Olympics Oncale v. Sundowner "Passing the Trash" Pepe Le Pew Plaza Hotel Plaintiffs Popular Music Pornography Power Dynamics Predatory Sex Offenders Presidential Scandals Publishing Quid Pro Quo Quinn, Zoë Ramírez, Mónica Rap Music Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN) Ratner, Brett Reeves v. C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. Relationship Violence Religious Organizations Restaurant/Bar Industry Retaliation Roiphe, Katie Rose, Charlie Same-Sex Abuse Sarkeesian, Anita Schneiderman, Eric SCREAM (Students Challenging Realities and Educating against Myths) Sexism Sexual Harassment Training Sixteen Candles Social Media Spacey, Kevin Speier, Jackie Stalking State Legislatures Statute of Limitations STEM Fields Strategic Harassment Street Harassment Swift, Taylor Tailhook Television Thomas, Clarence Time Magazine "Silence Breakers" Time's Up Movement Title IX Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 Tootsie Traditionally "Male" Workplaces Traister, Rebecca Uniform Code of Military Justice Unions Vance v. Ball State University Victim Blaming Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 Women's March Wood, Carmita Workplace Gender Diversity Wynn, Steve About the Editor and Contributors Index