ABSTRACT
Michèle Alexandre’s innovative study examines how sexual profiling represses, oppresses, and hinders various aspects of life for both genders, and explores the ways in which the law and the community can help eradicate the practice of sexual profiling. 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." She 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 book by exploring in detail the various ways in which normative views of gender are constructed and perpetuated through media and societal norms. She then focuses on the ways in which recent legal opinions and developments contribute to perpetuate these restrictive and oppressive norms. Finally, Alexandre outlines a plan to help eliminate the presence of these destructive norms and attitudes from different sectors of society.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |12 pages
Introduction
chapter 1|12 pages
Sexual Profiling Defined *
part I|66 pages
Roots and Tools of Sexual Profiling
chapter 4|18 pages
The Body Revisited, Again 1
chapter 5|15 pages
What is in a Name? Who Are You Calling a B****?
chapter 6|10 pages
Prostitution and the Madonna/Whore and Men/Effeminate Dichotomies *
part II|95 pages
The Legal Legitimization of Sexual Profiling
chapter 7|18 pages
When the Ideal of Womanhood and Criminal Law Collide
chapter 8|14 pages
Rape Law and Sexual Profiling 1
chapter 9|19 pages
Employment Law and Sexual Profiling 1
chapter 10|11 pages
Other Forms of Profiling in Employment—Grooming Standards
chapter 11|19 pages
Family Law and Sexual Profiling
chapter 12|11 pages
Inheritance Law and Sexual Profiling 1
part III|21 pages
Now What? A Cross-Sectional Model for Reversing the Status Quo