Boundary Lines By Guiffre And Williams Summary

1. According to Guiffre and Williams in “Boundary Lines: Labeling Sexual Harassment in Restaurants,” how do people identify sexual harassment and in what specific contexts? When or in what contexts do people NOT identify behaviors as sexual harassment? What are the larger consequences of the way people identify (or not) certain behaviors as sexual harassment?
According to Guiffre and Williams, people labeled sexual harassment in four different contexts. The first context was based on being “perpetrated by someone who exploited their powerful position for personal sexual gain”. An example would be a perpetrator being the manager or the owner. The second context was when “the perpetrator was of a different race/ethnicity than the victim”. The
The second reason is how “the procedures in some policies… may be inimical to women because they are not compatible with the way that women view conflict resolution”. In other words, women are reluctant to make claims because there is not much that could support their viewpoint. There are policies, but that do not actually guarantee any help or actions taken against the perpetrator. An obstacle that was addressed in the article was based on how some men and women may “consider sexual harassment to be normative”. They see these behaviors as something usual and part of “everyday life”. It’s more common for young women to deal with this behavior, compared to older women. Another obstacle has been how many of the complaints have led to the job discharge of the victims, which is something victims are afraid of.
3. In the film, North County, think about the social expectations of Josey and her female co-workers: What are Josey and her female co-workers expected to do as women? Given the expectations and social constructions of women in the workplace, how are Josey and her female co-workers