Morgan Risky Relationships Case Study

Morgan- “Risking Relationships” In this article Morgan examines the everyday relationships women have and how these relationships may present a barrier to the access of law. Morgan does a case study encompassing 31 women who have been the victims of sexual harassment in their place of employment. Before she reveals her findings, Morgan recaps the history of civil litigation of women. According to Morgan, men have dominated the civil litigation arena but as women’s legal status has increased and the social situation of many women has improved, women’s opportunities for civil litigation has expanded. Morgan writes, “The introduction of the violence against women act and the broadening of the civil rights claims that can be made under titles VII and IX, have substantially increased the number and type of remedies for which women can now file suit.” Government agencies such as the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the office of Civil Rights now offer women the opportunity to litigate …show more content…
When evaluating the American legal system we must not be blinded by slogans and words. This countries legal system was built to protect and suit a group of individuals. Overtime more people sought protection and equality under this system but, efforts to equalize the legal system are never enough. Everyone can have the same ability to seek justices yet some will and others won’t. We each have our own definition for what we consider an injury, therefore some dispute and others don’t. Our societal rank dictates what we consider injurious and our ability to dispute. There are barriers to law that cannot be fixed by the government. There are individual barriers, barriers that are visible but are ignored, as well barriers that have no recourse. To me the American legal system is doing the best it can giving the circumstances. It can be and has been much worse, and it can be and might be much