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Battle in the sky: A cultural and legal history of sex discrimination in the United States airline industry, 1930--1980.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Battle in the sky: A cultural and legal history of sex discrimination in the United States airline industry, 1930--1980./
Author:	Dooley, Cathleen Marie.
Description:	376 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 62-06, Section: A, page: 2218.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International62-06A.
Subject:	History, United States. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3016461
ISBN:	9780493267029

Battle in the sky: A cultural and legal history of sex discrimination in the United States airline industry, 1930--1980.
Dooley, Cathleen Marie.

Battle in the sky: A cultural and legal history of sex discrimination in the United States airline industry, 1930--1980. - 376 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 62-06, Section: A, page: 2218.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Arizona, 2001.

This project examines the creation and implementation of sex discrimination law in the United States during the mid-twentieth century by egg the experiences of women who worked as flight attendants in the United States airline industry. The presentation of female bodies was a critical marketing strategy for the airline industry, and the result was the creation of a series of gender based discriminatory policies. Airlines manipulated women's sexuality through regulations such as a marriage ban, age ceiling, and weight/appearance regulations. An analysis of airline ads, which presented flight attendants as sexually desirable to attract male customers, combined with archival sources that trace discrimination in the industry, reveal the manipulation and presentation of women's sexuality as essential to the labor market practices of the airline industry and the efforts made by flight attendants to combat both the image and the discrimination.

ISBN: 9780493267029Subjects--Topical Terms:

1017393
History, United States.

Battle in the sky: A cultural and legal history of sex discrimination in the United States airline industry, 1930--1980.
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520 $a This dissertation reveals the constructed nature of women's sexuality by exploring the relationship between cultural representations of women's bodies, labor market practices, and public policy formation. An examination of 1960s anti-discriminatory legislation reveals the link between the regulation of sexuality and policy formation. Dismantling of sex discrimination through policy was problematic because gendered and sexualized work patterns were central to corporate employment structures. The solution was the inclusion of the bona fide occupational qualification clause in Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. This clause protected employers' ability to retain gender based discrimination if they demonstrated that economic loss would result from a restructuring of employment practices. Flight attendants were among the earliest group of women workers to utilize this legislation, and as a result they contributed to the interpretation and development of sex discrimination law in the United States.
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