I have seen his movie before and understood what the movie was about and what she was fighting for. But watching it in class really opened my eyes to the small details, like in the bosses office at the mine he had a calendar with a half naked girl and her legs were wide open. I mean those kind of things I didn't see the first time I watch it. I found my self tearing up at the same parts that I teared up when I watched it the first time. This movie is very emotional and gets the idea and point across very well.
I also thought it was funny that she asked why no one picked on Gloria. The men may not have done the disgusting things to Gloria that they did to the other women but she faced her own struggles inside the Union meetings. When they brushed off all her ideas and opinions and made jokes about it. Gloria didn't have the same power as the men and was out numbered.
GREAT MOVIE and I enjoyed watching it very much. This is an extreme version of what is still going on in the work force today. For and example: I worked as a cocktail waitress for 2 weeks, basically worked the training. It was at the Sports Bar Legends in Austin and my ass got grabbed a few times and the men actually dropped the glasses on purpose so I would have to bend over and clean them up. I got called honey, sugar lips, miss thang, darling, and many other things that were degrading to me. Sexual harassment and thinking of women on a lower level is still prevalent in today's society yet it is not as blatantly obvious as it was in this movie. (Men get sexually harassed as well)
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I had never seen the movie before class, but it is definitely an eye-opening movie. I feel bad sometimes when I use male generic language and these people were treating her worse than they would treat and animal and thinking it was ok. I know that it was 20 years ago when that happened but it is strange for me to think that stuff like that happened during my lifetime let alone continues to happen in certain environments.
I agree that after learning all that we have in this class, allows your eyes to be opened. I noticed more in the movie, including the calendar, then I thought I would. It is like someone took the blinders off my eyes! I think it would have been interesting if we had watched this movie early in the semester and compared what we caught then to what we caught now. I bet that most people would have caught more now then they would have earlier in the class!
I had seen this movie once before, but like alot of people I noticed even more some of the less obvious things that were in the movie. This movie is very powerful and makes me thinks everytime of how strong and couragious those women must have been. It is ashame that in todays world where so many people have become so open-minded that we still struggle in this area. It's espically concerning for me personally as like many others I will be graduating soon and entering the workforce.
I am really speechless for Glorias defense defense. She was not as sexy as some of the other girls and that may have been why she didnt get harassed as much. She did get neglected or ignored so that is still a form of abuse. many of the women in this video were affected in some form or fashion whether it was verbally or physically. being that they were not financially capable of leaving their jobs put a big burden on them and i can see why they were hesitant to react. Its sad that men. or just human beings can treat each other in that way.
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