Stan, Adele.   Debating Sexual Correctness: Pornography, Sexual Harassment, Date Rape, and the Politics of Sexual Equality.   New York: Dell, 1995.

Letty Cottin Pogrebin's "Sex Harassment" was written in 1976 and appeared in the Ladies Home Journal .   Even though this article was written thirty years ago, it provides a feminist analysis of sexual harassment that can be useful to today's readers.   The purpose of the article is for women to come together and support one another in the feminist fight against sexual harassment.   With common discourse, Pogrebin includes the definition of sexual harassment and incorporates various examples of how it commonly occurs.   The overarching feminism of this article is not only found in its call for women to join together but also in its hopes for women to recognize that sexual harassment is a tangible representation of patriarchy.   This parallel is maintained throughout the article and taken as far as comparing the side effects of sexual harassment to rape.   For readers, this article is an unavoidable educational tool, but because there is an explicit reflection of feminism in her article, readers who are not comfortable accepting feminist politics may use this as a tool for backlash against the "radical notions" of feminism. - B.H.

This article, although written 30 years ago, provides helpful information to women on the topic of sexual harassment in the workplace.   This article illustrates that sexual harassment can happen in any job and to any woman, regardless of her age, class, or education.   Furthermore, this article provides the reader with examples of sexual harassment court cases and the respective outcomes.  
            This article is a very helpful resource for anyone interested in learning more about ways in which to combat sexual harassment.   Furthermore, this article makes a parallel between sexual harassment and rape, as they both are unwanted violations of a woman's sexuality and privacy, and they both often result in an unwillingness to report the offender.   One particularly positive aspect of this article is that it showed women that it is ok to report sexual harassment, especially at a time when this was a very rare practice.
            Although this article is a bit outdated, which is a real limitation of the article; it is also a very good resource for understanding the initial drive toward reporting and fighting sexual harassment in the work place.   - A.B.

Poegrebin, a talented author writing columns in Ladies Home Journal and Ms. Magazine composes an article asserting that, "Sexual harassment on the job isn't funny (1)." With research from the WWUI, the author defines sexual harassment as, "Any repeated and unwanted sexual comments, looks, suggestions, or physical contact that you find objectionable or offensive that causes you discomfort on your job (2)." Poegrebin argues that women who are victims of sexual harassment experience a series of detrimental side effects. These side effects can range from but are not limited to headaches, nausea, various forms of depression, physical forms of self-abuse, distorted opinions of self and body image, and severe body pain. Poegrebin suggests that sexual harassment is a widespread issue, prevalent across many occupations and no one specific type of working environment may be limited to the ways in which it can affect women. Essentially, women working all careers are likely to encounter some form of sexual harassment. "Teachers, factory workers, professionals, executives, waitresses, clerical workers and domestics all reported incidents of sexual intimidation (2)." The author strongly asserts that today, acts of sexual intimidation and harassment are as serious as acts of rape. Despite progressive movements bettering the workforce for women everywhere, most women still remain afraid to report acts of sexual harassment. "Sexual intimidation is like rape because women are afraid to file complaints--afraid of employer retaliation and social repercussions (6)." The author concludes the article by attacking the various, somewhat antiquated legislation that is in existence regarding sexual harassment. Essentially, because most legislators are male, the author reasserts the ways in which sexual harassment has become acceptable by stating, "Once again men's lechery is normal and women's complaints are trivialized (6)."As women, we owe to ourselves to speak up. - B.M.