Robin Clair's article, "Resistance and Oppression as a Self-Contained Opposite: An Organizational Communication Analysis of One Man's Story of Sexual Harassment,"" discusses the sexual harassment of a man and its hegemonic effects. ... As Clair's title implies, she aims at proving that in the case of sexual harassment, resistance and oppression are self-contained opposites. ... In turn, the third-shift female nurses sexually harassed (oppress) Michael as a form of resistance to the harassment they endure on a daily basis. The "medical hegemony- has dictated to the female n...

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Incidents in the Life of Slave Girl focus on the challenges Brent faced as a female slave and emphasizes the sexual harassment she experiences working in the home of Dr.Flint. ... Flint begins his sexual pursuit of her. ... The sexual harassment continues even after Jacobs bears two children by Mr. ... The male narrator could write his tale as reclamation of his manhood, but under the terms of white society's ideals of sexual ignorance for women Brent cannot claim "true" womanhood. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Harriet Jacobs" Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl brought into the public and political arena the sexual oppression of captive, black women. ... Her rational powers and will to action facilitate her efforts to find strategies for dealing with sexual harassment from her master, for maintaining family unity, and in establishing a moral code in harmony with her beliefs and situation. ... James Norcom (Flint), Jacobs presents the dilemma faced by all enslaved women: the conflict between virtuous, womanly ideals and sexual exploitation by white slave masters. ... These issues that ranged from ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Many female slaves had similar jobs to the males and similar beatings, but males never had to worry about sexual advances made by their male masters. Jacobs comments on being 15 years old and being sexually harassed by her master. ... Jacobs later talks about how any slave girl is faced with foul talk and harassment by the male slave owner and his sons. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Cases of abuse in Nike factories overseas have also been sexual. ... Women workers have complained of constant sexual harassment from foreign supervisors. ... In 1993, another television network, CBC, let it be known that workers in Nike factories suffered from all kinds of abuses, both physical and sexual, along with the low wages these workers were receiving (2). ...

• Word Count: 4250
• Approx Pages: 17
• Grade Level: High School