Kim Elsesser

Why is it, after so much hard work to achieve equality, that women still earn less and advance less in their chosen professions than men? The author presents some well-reasoned answers that will surprise many. While sexual harassment policies have undoubtedly eliminated some bad behavior, those policies have helped to create fear as well. Why risk trouble being friendly and helpful to junior women when a senior man can mentor another male instead? And then there's the subject of office romances (and jealousies) and how they can muddy the waters. Not to mention the difficulties surrounding men and women on business trips.

Is there a way out of such difficulties? The author reserves several chapters for outlining what organizations can do to help both men and women achieve more satisfying and helpful ways to relate. Well-researched and written in an engaging style, this book will spark new discussion on workplace dynamics.… (mais)

Very informative on women's rights in the workplace, harrassment , male-female relationships and gender gaps. I personally lost two husbands to secretaries and as a clinican, treated workplace harrassment cases. I also was once told that I could not have a raide as my male counterpaart did because he had a familyh; I was a single mom with two children. Reading the book answered many questions and yet brought back too many painful ones. Reader, beware on this aspect of the book. It is long overdue in being written, but not easy for some who have suffered much that the book describes.

Author Kim Elsesser, a research scholor on gender issues and a professor at UCLA, is an expert guide and she demonstrates that the glass ceiling has not been shattered. Instead, a new barrier, called the 'sex partition' has been added.

Elsesser recomends hot to bred down this 'partition' with six strategies, including revising sexual harrassment training.

I recommend this book highly for those who need/want more information on this trend, and for all CEO's of all companies. If possilbe, corporations could make this required reading, and ibe brave enough to nvite Ms. Elsesser to speak to their company conferences.… (mais)

This book is just packed with information on women's rights, sexual harassment in the work place, and the relationships between men and women in the work place. It can be a controversial topic, but this is written very black and white.

If you're a young aspiring female, this is a great book to read just to have the information stored in the brain. You never know when this is going to be an issue, or when you will need to know your rights as a woman in the workplace.

It's a difficult topic for both parties, the woman in the workplace who's at risk, along with the men who are accused or worried of being accused of being difficult. A man is worried about how he comes off, and what comments might be taken wrong.

Overall this is a great book for everyone to read, it had information that everyone should be aware of! I give this book a 4/5.… (mais)