ISBN:
9780415827508
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (243 p)
Series Statement:
Routledge Series on Identity Politics
Parallel Title:
Print version Sexploitation : Sexual Profiling and the Illusion of Gender
DDC:
305.3
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
Michèle Alexandre defines ""sexploitation"" as the perpetuation of myths and stereotypical notions regarding men and women in order to further an agenda of oppression and subordination in certain spheres of society. The most popular means through which this sexploitation is achieved is through a method Alexandre coins as ""sexual profiling."" Alexandre argues that sexual profiling ultimately stifles the growth of our society by creating inefficient as well as oppressive systems, and that its eradication can help increase the productivity as well as the morale of society. Alexandre opens the bo
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Terminology; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Sexual Profiling Defined; PART I Roots and Tools of Sexual Profiling; 2 De-Gendering Men: Sexual Profiling and Masculinity; 3 Ground Zero of the Battle: Sexual Profiling in the K-12 Setting; 4 The Body Revisited, Again; 5 What Is in a Name? Who Are You Calling a B****?; 6 Prostitution and the Madonna/Whore and Men/ Effeminate Dichotomies; PART II The Legal Legitimization of Sexual Profiling; 7 When the Ideal of Womanhood and Criminal Law Collide: Portrayal of Vulnerable Women as Deviant
Description / Table of Contents:
8 Rape Law and Sexual Profiling9 Employment Law and Sexual Profiling; 10 Other Forms of Profiling in Employment-Grooming Standards; 11 Family Law and Sexual Profiling; 12 Inheritance Law and Sexual Profiling; PART III Now What? A Cross-Sectional Model for Reversing the Status Quo; 13 A Proposal for an Organic Gender Equity Model; 14 Moving Forward; Epilogue: Toward Individual Accountability; Bibliography; Index
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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