Harrassment In Workplace
Q: This term the Supreme Court heard three cases involving sex harassment
in the workplace. Along with media coverage of current events, the
Court's decisions will shape our understanding of this issue into the
next century, for all these controversies raise the same fundamental
question: Does sex harassment require a special body of law having to
do with sexual relations, or should it be treated just like any other
form of workplace discrimination?
A: While I'm sure such concerns are interesting, what I have been looking for in Schultz's work is how it would affect my daily life. Suppose the courts fully adopt Schultz's ideas. Suppose the EEOC falls in line too. How would that affect the joe six-packs that work at the construction company she cites: VS> One firm has declared that its construction workers can't even look VS> at a woman for more than five seconds. The deranged idealogue (whoever he or she is) that put this policy in place isn't going to be moved by any clarification at higher levels of the law. This ridiculous five second rule is already well below the threshold of legal action. I hope Professor Schultz's article in Yale Law Journal suggests how the lower level of the law - the workplace itself - can be held to the same level of restraint as the upper level of the - the cou