If you’ve ever gotten the opportunity to gather up a group of women ranging from a variety of age groups and asked them to tell you about a time in their lives that they have been harassed while working, you’d be shocked by how long it would it take to go through all their stories. Sexual harassment in the United States has had a long history. Countless stories of women being given unwanted attention, being force into situations involving groping or getting raped for fear of losing some type of benefit or job security, as well as actions that have made working and feeling comfortable while at work difficult. The unfortunate side of sexual harassment while in the workplace is that no matter how many seminar’s employees complete, understanding
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Although the idea of sexual harassment has always been around, women never knew how to report it and how to explain that it’s not something wanted (Bravo Meric, 201). And although many people don’t have trouble identifying the difference between a compliment and harassment that makes them feel degraded, 35 to 50 percent of women are sexually harassed at some point in their career (202). The main cause of this is that harassers go after someone they perceive as vulnerable. As seen in Silence of the Lambs, Sterling is a young, beautiful detective that is put on a case usually given to the male detectives. Given the nature of the case, she receives countless amounts of lewd and offensive comments about her looks and about sleeping her way into this case. Media depicts degrading these women and portraying them with the sole purpose of being sexually pleasing to the male eyes as a very pornography way. Detective Sterling is seen being ejaculated on, talked to as object, and not respect for her intelligence as a male detective would be so that the movie still has a level of sexiness to it. However, when audience member’s watch these type of scenes play out, they assume that it’s acceptable to devalue women and continue to keep them in inferior statuses while in the workplace
Although the idea of sexual harassment has always been around, women never knew how to report it and how to explain that it’s not something wanted (Bravo Meric, 201). And although many people don’t have trouble identifying the difference between a compliment and harassment that makes them feel degraded, 35 to 50 percent of women are sexually harassed at some point in their career (202). The main cause of this is that harassers go after someone they perceive as vulnerable. As seen in Silence of the Lambs, Sterling is a young, beautiful detective that is put on a case usually given to the male detectives. Given the nature of the case, she receives countless amounts of lewd and offensive comments about her looks and about sleeping her way into this case. Media depicts degrading these women and portraying them with the sole purpose of being sexually pleasing to the male eyes as a very pornography way. Detective Sterling is seen being ejaculated on, talked to as object, and not respect for her intelligence as a male detective would be so that the movie still has a level of sexiness to it. However, when audience member’s watch these type of scenes play out, they assume that it’s acceptable to devalue women and continue to keep them in inferior statuses while in the workplace