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