Women's Experience, Women's Knowledge and the Power of Knowledge: An Illustration and an Elaboration

Within the framework of women's contribution to knowledge creation, this paper presents data on two linked research projects. In the first instance, women's contribution to a prestigious knowledge area is examined and their relegation to peripheral roles is emphasized; in the second, women's participation in a secondary knowledge area is outlined and the mechanisms for the continuing containment of the whole knowledge area are highlighted. The paper concludes with comments on the importance not only of women's relative absence from knowledge creation, but also of the mechanisms through which woman-created knowledge is contained and denigrated

Sexuality of organization

This exciting, critical text explores the pervasiveness of sexuality in organizations, and the interrelations of sexuality and power in the ongoing production and reproduction of organizational life. Clearly and accessibly, the authors show various ways in which the very processes of organization reflect power relations suffused with dominant forms of sexuality. Specific subjects addressed include sexuality and the labour process, sexual harassment, men's sexuality, lesbians in organizations, and the experiences of women managers and secretaries