Dirty Little Secrets : Sex in the Workplace

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Summary: All grown up and still caught being naughty...
Review: Agonito packs a lot of useful eye opening information in her book, "Dirty Little Secrets: Sex in the Workplace."
Reminding me of little kids getting caught playing "doctor" or shocking their parents with what they are engaged in behind closed doors in the name of "curiosity" came to mind after I read Agonito's outstanding book.
In the workplace adults are all grown up but still get caught being "curious" with one another at times.
The innocent curiosities we all must admit we experienced as kids do not go away with age and maturity, but the way we deal with them should and must noticeably change if we are to work together.If not, the consequences can be unbearable (loss of job, possibly family).
Agonito presents a wonderful argument for the reality that we all go to work having sexual feelings and that they don't disappear at the workplace.
This book also explores the obvious differences in how men and women seem to handle this overt sexual presence in the workplace: men are flattered, women tend to feel more threatened (or harrassed) by it.
The positives that can come out of using this sexual force to be reckoned with have the ability to actually create a wonderful environment, filled with caring and intimacy without having sexual activities.
Agonito aptly makes the case that sexual feelings exist not only after work but during; and the author/researcher provides useful solutions to dealing with this "fact" of workplace mindsets.

Outstanding resource for all adults. A must read.

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Summary: Important contribution to gender studies & workplace policy
Review: Dirty Little Secrets explores all forms of sexual liaisons in the workplace, consensual and coercive, and examines their impact on and off the job. Rosemary Agonito considers how both men and women use sexuality as a form of power at work, the differing perceptions of ex by women and men on the job, the various sexual games both genders play, the most dangerous forms of sexual liaison in the workplace, and more. Dirty Little Secrets also explores the negative consequences of sex in the workplace, as well as looking at sex as a positive force on the job. The hidden underbelly of sexual politics common in all workplaces are revealed, along with concrete suggestions to individual and corporations. Dirty Little Secrets is an important contribution to gender studies, workplace rights, business management, and sexual harassment policy development.

Rating:
Summary: Important contribution to gender studies & workplace policy
Review: Dirty Little Secrets explores all forms of sexual liaisons in the workplace, consensual and coercive, and examines their impact on and off the job. Rosemary Agonito considers how both men and women use sexuality as a form of power at work, the differing perceptions of ex by women and men on the job, the various sexual games both genders play, the most dangerous forms of sexual liaison in the workplace, and more. Dirty Little Secrets also explores the negative consequences of sex in the workplace, as well as looking at sex as a positive force on the job. The hidden underbelly of sexual politics common in all workplaces are revealed, along with concrete suggestions to individual and corporations. Dirty Little Secrets is an important contribution to gender studies, workplace rights, business management, and sexual harassment policy development.