Analysis Paper on Women and Harassment. Woman' Health.

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Over the years, there has been a high prevalence in the cases of sexual harassment in workplaces, especially against women. Sexual harassment in the workplace entails using discriminative comments, conduct, or behavior towards a person based on their sex, gender, or sexual orientation. The movie 'North Country (2005)' is a perfect example of a media source that has highlighted sexual harassment against women in workplaces. The film focuses on how a group of female workers working in a mining company has to endure discrimination and harassment from their male co-workers and bosses during their daily activities. The film seeks to depict how workplaces are characterized by men picking on women during their day-to-day workplace encounters. The film ends with the main character (Joey) filing a sexual harassment lawsuit against the mining company CEO (Pearson). In essence, the film is inspired by the book "Class Action: The Landmark Case That Changed Sexual Harassment Law by Clara Bingham and Laura Leedy."
In the movie 'North Country (2005)', women are the primary victims of sexual harassment and discrimination in the workplace. The main character is Joey, a single mom who leaves her husband for being subjected to domestic violence. She later joins an iron ore mining company, where the number of male workers is high compared to women. One of the first instances of harassment is that all women have to undergo a humiliating gynecological test to ensure they are not pregnant before being hired. More so, women workers are harassed by their male counterparts who believe that a 'woman's place is home, not mines.' The women are also subjected to crude sexual advances by male workers. They are also other sexual harassment such as finding sex toys in the lunch boxes, finding humiliating names written on their bathrooms, and physical abuse, among others.
I discussed sexual harassment in the workplace with seven friends (three men and four women), all of who are young people, except one in her 40s. The three male friends did acknowledge the presence of sexual harassment in workplaces but seemed to underestimate its prevalence. They insisted that women tend to twist their narratives to favor them. On the other hand, my female friends were adamant that sexual harassment is a huge challenge for female workers across all sectors. One of them is a nurse and went to the extent of stating that she has faced sexual advances from male co-workers, supervisors, and even patients.
In essence, sexual harassment is an issue that could have effects on women's health. According to McLaughlin, Uggen, and Blackstone (2017), various studies have associated cases of sexual harassment with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Women who are sexually harassed may experience trauma and may tend to avoid people or situations that remind them of the events of the harassment. Sexual harassment may also trigger...