Monday, November 3, 2008
11/3
Today in class we watched the movie North Country. I have never seen this movie before and I am shocked at what she had to go through. It is hard to believe that women were treated so badly, but then i realize that this still happens today and that women are not the only ones that get harrassed at work. I just cant wait to finish the movie on wednesday.
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I know it is crazy to think about everything those women had to overcome just to be able to work in a "male enviornment." I also was shocked how even females in the movie automaticlly assumed that it was womens own faults as if they brought it upon themselves and how when the main character went home even her own father automaticlly assumes she did something wrong to cause her husband to beat her-like asking if he caught her with another man.
This definitely still happens in our society. The blame is usually on the women when things of this nature happens. When a woman is raped they first questions out of people's mouths are not are you ok, but where are you at, what were you wearing, why were you alone, why were you in that place? Almost as if women are asking for these things to happen to her. Women have the same freedoms of men and those should be respected. Maybe women like to dress sexy and nice because it gives the a boost of confidence not guys permission to sexually harass them. Maybe women like to go out to clubs and bars to have a good time not just to find or have a drink after a long days work. People should really think about these things and not view these behaviors women do as negative and asking for these things to happen to them.
I am shcocked that she allowed it to go on for so long. I could say it is her fault it happened, but that wouldnt be fair. It just sucks that when people are put into positions where they need a job they are at a disadvantage. She didnt haave family support, everybody thought she was lying and they were greatly outnumbered. Hopefully this is a lesson to all women to standup for what is right and not allow this to go on at all.
"Hopefully this is a lesson to all women to standup for what is right and not allow this to go on at all."
I think that you may have missed the point of the movie...
The point was to show that the women were not "allowing" those horrible things happen to them. They were occurring because of the ignorance to sexual harassment during that time period! Unfortunately, that ignorance still exists in some areas.
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