Gender Issues In Mean Girls
Through the juxtaposition of such scenes the viewer learns how
these women miners were subjected to cruel sex jokes, sexual assault, juvenile pranks, and
various derogatory comments from their male co-workers. Despite the “promise” management
gave to the women to help them deal with such problems, their “advice” offered ridicule. The
fact that women worked in the mines became an issue for their family, friends, the community,
and with themselves. With the help of open-minded people the nation’s first class-action sexual-
harassment lawsuit entered and triumphed on the legal ground.
Several gender issues arise in this film. The men get away with indecent and cruel acts while the
women, many of whom have done nothing wrong, are
these women miners were subjected to cruel sex jokes, sexual assault, juvenile pranks, and
various derogatory comments from their male co-workers. Despite the “promise” management
gave to the women to help them deal with such problems, their “advice” offered ridicule. The
fact that women worked in the mines became an issue for their family, friends, the community,
and with themselves. With the help of open-minded people the nation’s first class-action sexual-
harassment lawsuit entered and triumphed on the legal ground.
Several gender issues arise in this film. The men get away with indecent and cruel acts while the
women, many of whom have done nothing wrong, are