She Legislates, He Scandalizes: Reenvisioning the Impact of Political Sex Scandals on Assemblywomen in New York

A rash of three political sex scandals within the span of less than two years, from 2012 to 2014, shook the New York State Assembly. All of the sex scandals involved male politicians accused of sexual harassment of female staffers and subordinates. This study investigates how New York State assembly...

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Main Author: Hinda Mandell
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth 2015-11-01
Series:Journal of Feminist Scholarship
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Online Access:http://www.jfsonline.org/issue9/articles/mandell/