Sex and the Office, Second Edition: A History of Gender, Power, and Desire

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 rang...