Sexual Harassment and the Law: The Mechelle Vinson Case
Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act may have outlawed sex discrimination, but it did not address the sexual harassment of women in the workplace. Meritor Savings Bank v. Vinson (1986) changed all of that. Adopting the legal theory pioneered by feminist Catharine MacKinnon that sexual harassment was indeed discriminatory, the Supreme Court's opinion brought the problem of sexual harassment into the spotlight, had far-reaching implications in the workplace, and also influenced such...
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"This is much more than a story of a single case. It provides a panoramic overview of the role of work in women's lives, a succinct history of employment discrimination law, and a penetrating analysis of the evolution of our views of sexual harassment in the workplace."—Karen O'Connor, author of Women, Politics, and American Society"After Vinson, nothing was the same. Cochran does a masterful job of setting the case in its historical context and exploring its legal impact."—Judith A. Baer, author of Our Lives before the Law: Constructing a Feminist Jurisprudence "Cochran is an exceptional raconteur and his book is comprehensive, thorough, and wonderfully forward-looking."—Nancy Levit, author of The Gender Line: Men, Women, and the Law Author Biography: Augustus B. Cochran III is professor of political science at Agnes Scott College and is associated with the Atlanta law firm of Stanford Fagan. He is the author of Democracy Heading South: National Politics in the Shadow of Dixie, published recently by Kansas.
Editor's prefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroduction : "there oughta be a law"11Work, women, and the law : sex discrimination becomes illegal72Naming sexual harassment : sexual harassment becomes sex discrimination253Making a claim : Mechelle Vinson's day(s) in court574Deciding the case : in the Supreme Court of the United States915Filling the gaps : evolving issues in the wake of Vinson1286Extensions and retractions : related developments since Vinson1477Judging the results : the social impact of Vinson166Conclusion : law and social change191Chronology209List of relevant cases213Bibliographical essay215Index219
