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Sex and the Office

A History of Gender, Power, and Desire

Author: Julie Berebitsky, Katherine Parkin and Katherine Turk  

Sex and the Office
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This transformative book examines men's and women's changing attitudes toward sex and gender in the US workplace. Between 1870 and 1970, white-collar office work became the leading form of employment for American women. As more and more women took office jobs, men and women workers attempted to make sense of this new environment where the workplace became a site of gendered power negotiations: Emotional and sexual desires entangled with "rational" operating procedures.

Drawing on a wide range of primary sources including government investigation reports, scandal papers, memoirs, and advice literature, Julie Berebitsky describes how women perceived and responded to male desire and discrimination in the office. She also offers keen insight into how popular media —cartoons, advertisements, and a wide array of fictional accounts— represented wanted and unwelcome romantic and sexual advances in the workplace.

Now in paperback for the first time, this compelling edition includes a foreword that brings Berebitsky's work into the present, where the Trump presidencies, MeToo movement, and global pandemic provide striking illustrations of the book's enduring relevance. An afterword reflects on Berebitsky's lasting impact as a feminist, teacher, and scholar in the fields of labor history and women's studies.

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About the Author

Julie Berebitsky was professor of history and founding director of the women's and gender studies program at Sewanee: The University of the South.

Katherine Turk is professor of history at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Katherine Parkin is professor of history and the Jules Plangere, Jr. Endowed Chair in American Social History at Monmouth University.

Julie Berebitsky was professor of history and founding director of the women's and gender studies program at Sewanee: The University of the South.

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Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Published
30th September 2025
Edition
2nd
Pages
392
ISBN
9781469691411

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