Along with the rise of technology in the 21st century came an increase in the public’s awareness of the hostilities that women face at their jobs. Consequently, numerous efforts such as the Occupational Safety and Health Administration and the Violence Against Women Act have been enacted to prevent mistreatment at work. Due to this rapid emergence of prevention programs, many mistakenly assume that a present day woman’s workplace is guaranteed to be harmless. However, in actuality, violence against women at work is a growing concern in the present day world. Despite the fact that mainstream society considers a woman’s workplace to be much safer today than it has been in the past, there has not been much change, and women are still vulnerable to exploitation at work.
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Roughly twenty-five percent of U.S. women have experienced some form of sexual harassment, and the status of a woman’s job does not keep her immune from violence at work. In one event described in the book A Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser, coworkers of a female meat packer “screamed obscenities and rubbed their bodies against hers while supervisors …show more content…
For a woman who pursues a career in the military, sexual violence is a very common experience. In a foreign country, surrounded and outnumbered by males, a female soldier is in danger of exploitation from higher level officers and fellow soldiers. Furthermore, the violent nature of men in the army, and the dislike of women leads to severe exploitation of women during wars. Approximately, “one-third of the women in the military have reported a rape or attempted rape” in 2003, but the numbers are much higher today due to the fact that female rape victims in the military are increasing (Hoppen). This point opposes the misconception that women are safe at work in the modern world since the exploitation of female soldiers is proliferating as the years go
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Roughly twenty-five percent of U.S. women have experienced some form of sexual harassment, and the status of a woman’s job does not keep her immune from violence at work. In one event described in the book A Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser, coworkers of a female meat packer “screamed obscenities and rubbed their bodies against hers while supervisors …show more content…
For a woman who pursues a career in the military, sexual violence is a very common experience. In a foreign country, surrounded and outnumbered by males, a female soldier is in danger of exploitation from higher level officers and fellow soldiers. Furthermore, the violent nature of men in the army, and the dislike of women leads to severe exploitation of women during wars. Approximately, “one-third of the women in the military have reported a rape or attempted rape” in 2003, but the numbers are much higher today due to the fact that female rape victims in the military are increasing (Hoppen). This point opposes the misconception that women are safe at work in the modern world since the exploitation of female soldiers is proliferating as the years go