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In 1991, Josie of Minnesota took her company to court.
In addition to the salary treatment experienced by gender differences...
What makes her intolerable is the malice of male miners, including verbal bullying and even worse sexual harassment.
When Josie told the manager, she got the advice to "shut up" .
When desperately desperate, Josie tried to solve the problem through the law, but she got a colder threat of " watch and see ."
Faced with threats from male power, Josie's attitude resolutely——
Never give in
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Worker Josie is one of the few female workers in the mine...
Minnesota in the northern United States is cold and deserted, and the working conditions in the mines are even harsher and harder.
If it were not for making more money, no one would want to work here!
Such an environment has shaped the unique local living atmosphere:
It was not until 1975 that female workers appeared in the mine, and when Josie entered the mine, she still maintained a 30:1 gender ratio...
The harsh working environment is a challenge to women, and even worse than the environment is the harassment from male colleagues...
The men looked badly at the new female employee.
Then blatantly mocked them with insulting words, vividly showing the bully's posture.
(Eagle Eye Jeremy Renner in his youth)
The endless "harassment" and "attacks" made female workers even more unbearable...
Put a fake dime in the female employee’s lunch box, paint erotic graffiti on the wall with name and name, and smear the women’s changing room with excrement and urine.
Is this just a vulgar joke of the miners?
It is not funny!
The silence of everyone contributed to the intensification of the mopping up and the aggression .
Salted pigs reached into their pockets and touched the women's breasts, pretending to be friendly and kneading their buttocks, even leaving dirty marks...
When no one was around, Josie was still forced by a threat.
Maybe this is just the vulgarity and savageness hidden in the corner...
But when Josie uttered a strong objection, those in power in suits and leather shoes on the table also carried out silent bullying!
Before joining the job, the owner of the mine welcomed Josie...
When Josie condemned the sexual harassment of male employees, the male boss changed her attitude and hoped Josie would shut up.
Obviously, Josie and others face more than just sexual harassment...
It is said that Charlize Theron was hesitant when he received the script.
She is afraid that this original work with a clear-cut point of view will make it painless or itchy because of some directors’ adherence to conventions...
But when she knew that the director was also a female, she took the lead decisively, so that the most realistic issues could be presented realistically.
(Director Nicki Caro and Charlize Theron talk about the play)
The movie [Never Concession] uses the mine field to insinuate the state of the entire society!
In the opening, the camera skimmed over the mine in winter.
Bai Xue and Grey Mine combine to create a slightly metaphorical living space...
And in this male-dominated living space:
The work of women is considered insignificant, the existence of women is considered a vassal of men, and civilized society turns a blind eye...
Francis McDormand played the only female member of the mine union and repeatedly proposed to arrange mobile toilets for female workers.
Only cheap toilets were not in place in the silence, and female employees went from being ignored to being violated...
A toilet is neglected, but the condemnation cannot be pretended not to be heard!
Harassment in the workplace is only the first level of harm...
Prejudice and cold eyes outside the factory are the straw that really destroys Josie!
After Josie was sexually harassed by her male colleague, people around her attributed the mistakes made by men to women’s impropriety and verbal violence...
And the female colleague who was also harassed also blamed Josie, saying that it was her resistance that caused more trouble...
When I returned home, I continued to accept the cold violence of my relatives...
Josie's father didn't come forward when she was hurt, but instead treated his daughter coldly for the sake of gossip.
The most heartbreaking thing is that the child is also dazzled by rumors!
The victim is harmed, but the perpetrator is at large...
This is the most hopeless horror!
When Josie and the mine were suing the court...
The lawyer seized on the excuse of Josie's emotional experience chaos, and tried to label Josie as a flirtatious person to justify the company's inaction.
They tried to prove that Josie seduced the teacher in high school!
When the male teacher appeared to give false testimony, Josie seemed to have experienced the painful torture of the year again, and only the silent complaint with tears remained:
It was the teacher who raped himself, but was buried by being a writer!
From the past to the present, two similar experiences in life have allowed Josie to experience the ugliest side of the world!
What’s more frightening is that this is not a fabricated extreme story. The subtitles at the opening are more chilling than the story itself——
Based on a true story
Reality is always more piercing than drama:
High school girls in Qingyang, Gansu were harassed by their teachers.
When she called for help, what she got was the evasiveness of the law enforcement officers and the verbal violence of bystanders. In the end, she suffered from depression and chose to commit suicide...
The female director encountered a stranger who broke into and raped her while staying in a hotel.
After reporting to the police, the company of the perpetrator intervened and tried to cover up the "criminal facts" with "improper behavior" to reduce the company's losses.
In the face of atrocities, more victims mustered up their intentions to stand up and identify...
Can’t help but feel:
A girl, how lucky it is to grow up healthy!
(Of course, the boy was also the victim)
When the victim stepped up and happened, verbal and written criticism also came...
A gossip of grandstanding?
Don't flies bite seamless eggs?
Is the anti-sexual harassment voice not overcorrected?
In the movie [Never Concession], the boss in the dock said something like this to cover up the company’s sexual harassment:
Men are always on the verge of testing/
When they walked across the line, most of the girls would slap them/
Let them return to their turf/
Starting from Adam and Eve, men and women have solved problems in this way/
In the animal world, females will fight back fiercely against male offenses.
But human society is no longer the primitive age of ill-clothed...
Isn’t it shameful when a man, a leader sits in a civilized court and makes such quibble remarks?
And there is another picture in the film that is sobering:
Josie saw Anita Hill on TV suing U.S. Highland Justice Clarence Thomas for sexual harassment...
This is a real news event that made a sensation in the United States that year.
And Josie’s mother, who wears a veil for her granddaughter, told her to turn off the TV...
Josie's mother avoids talking and turning a blind eye to filthy and sinister things, but turns around to create the illusion of innocence and beauty for her child.
This is how sin is buried by the ostriches whose heads are plunged into the ground!
Josie’s own story happened in the early 90s...
The movie [Never Concession] was released in 2005...
Until 2018, American actors were still being sexually assaulted and tortured, and the crimes around us did not stop happening.
More and more people stand up and speak up bravely, and the hidden sins will eventually be revealed.
This should not be misinterpreted as encouraging women, condemning men...
This is to create an ideal world and condemn those hidden evils!
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