Author
The most significant year of undergraduate school for the author
What is 1971? (The year of transformation into women's liberation where Gallop's newfound love of feminism led her to grow from a "disaffected, romantic, passive young woman" to describe herself as coming "into a sense of my sexual power, of my sexuality as drive and energy. In that very same year I became an active, engaged student committed to knowing as much and as well as possible.)
Gallop's definition of (explicit) harassment
What is theorizations of harassment generally focus on what is the classic scenario: "The male boss uses his professional clout to force himself upon a female subordinate-sleep with me or you'll lose your job, sleep with me and you'll get a raise, a promotion."
Author's purpose
What is ..not simply to only tell her story, but use her story to understand sexual harassment and feminism.
Audience of the text
Who are ...scholars, students, and researchers who are involved with feminist studies, gender studies, or power dynamics. The jargon isn't too think but the text is a reflection of her experience that is calling for more conversations surrounding feminism, sexual harassment, and power struggles
Constructive criticism
What is, had the roles been reversed and a male wrote the same type of text, there would be outrage. Parts of the book were shrieking in the regard that Gallop made attempts to normalize sexual relations within academia. It painted the picture that her experience made it acceptable for situation as a feminist accused..?
The relationship with Gallop and her professors in college
What is a dynamic relationship? (Gallop explained she had known her teachers in others ways as feminist studies were just awakening and teachers and students mingled inside and "out" of the classroom. She explained " I saw one of the leaders of the movement for women's studies, not just on my campus but nationwide. And I didn't separate what I learned here about my teacher from the other ways I knew her. "
Gallop's definition of implicit harassment
Where the sexual demand or the professional threat is not stated but understood? (Implicit sexual demands might ultimately include any charged talk or behavior)
Gallops view on students
What is Gallop believes there is little distinction between sexual harassment (the criminal charge) and authoritarianism (a complaint about teaching style). She believe students were confusing sexual harassment with having power over them as a faculty member?
Nature of the document
What is a personal, reflective text that doesn't list footnotes at the end?
Real life analysis
What is... putting myself in the shoes of the accuser, I would not appreciate sexual advances from my professor, rather it be in the lens of discrimination or not, it is highly inappropriate and would not matter the since of it coming from a feminist stand point of sexual harassment. Inappropriate is inappropriate...?
The way students saw Gallop for last 20 years in evaluations
What is authoritarian? "These complaints of authoritarianism and the complaints of sexual harassment are saying the same thing: that I abuse my power, get off on my power at the students' expense, that I am just as bad as the men."
Gallop's definition of feminism
What is "feminism is not in principle a movement against sexuality. It is, in principle and in fact, against the disadvantages of women?"
Thesis of feminist accused
What is Gallop uses her experience to analyze issues of power, ethics, and the challenges of upholding feminist principles in real-world situations.
Relevancy
What is ..yes, there are movements like #MeToo that explores sexual harassments, power dynamics, and struggles for both the accused and accusers, what is appropriate for even feminist and those with certain labels and roles especially within academia, student and faculty relationships, and lastly accountability. All of these factors are relevant today's society?
Personal Approach
What is .. Jane's personal approach does help paint the picture of how she has been shaped into the feminist she was, but also develops questions as to if she moved through her tenure sexualizing students as she moved through academia based on the experiences she has in her collegiate years?
Author's account of feminist groups in 1971
In the context of feminism, "students and teachers worked and played together in some assumed commonality as women, a commonality that seemed to override the various social and institutional roles that separated us." Meaning there roles of faculty and student were nonexistent in the lens of Gallop
Relationship of feminism and sexual harassment
In the mid-seventies, feminism got women to compare notes on their difficulties in the workplace; it came out that women employees all too frequently had to cope with this sort of thing. Feminism named this behavior "sexual harassment" and proceeded to make it illegal.
Gallop's view on sexualizing workplace
What is ...sexualizing the workplace is automatically a disadvantage to women, but being sexual with students, but not to the point of bribing or being disadvantageous, but being only sexual in a professional setting is not appropriate but not considered sexual harassment under a feminism lens since there was no discrimination.
Strengths of the text
What are.. personal reflection (to give an in-depth understanding of sexual harassment, feminism, and her point of view), the aspects of ethics and intersectionality of gender, power, and sexualization?
Final Thoughts
What are ..Gallop does an excellent job at encouraging readers to re-examine sexual harassment, feminism, and ethics by exploring her own personal accounts. However, it comes off as biased and condescending to explore her viewpoint and not cite sources or relate to the opposing party's ideologies but speak against them. Gallop also shares uncomfortable descriptions in her beliefs of sexualizing teacher and student relations. Had it been a male, I am not confident this would have even been able to be publish. What's ethical in that?
Author's name and age at the time of publishing?
Who is Jane Gallop, a 54 year old author and professor?
According to Gallop, sexual harassment is a feminist issue not because it is sexual but because it does what to women?
What is disadvantages?
Summary of contents
What is an topically organized text of harassment and feminism ideologies, college transformations to women's liberation throughout the 1970s, ideologies in the 1990s, collegiate experiences that shaped Gallops mindset of teacher and student dynamics (sexual relations with teachers and unique feminist clubs), students perceptions of Gallop
Weaknesses of text
What are... text is only one sided (Gallop explains only her perspective and personal feelings without including the viewpoint of others), can be seen as biased (her own opinions), no sources, and it is disturbing in some areas (explaining relations with teachers).
Final Questions
Had it been a male, recounting the same type of works and experiences, would the text been published? Would he have the means to continue his career? Where does ethics draw the line?