Study & Research Sexual Harassment

This Study Guide consists of approximately 80 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of Sexual Harassment.

Study & Research Sexual Harassment

This Study Guide consists of approximately 80 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of Sexual Harassment.
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LAURA KOCH LEARNED about sexual harassment in the workplace when she took her first job, a summertime position before she went off to college. She worked at a Howard Johnson's motel answering phone calls. Her manager gave her a uniform that was too short and too tight for her. She did not have to buy a new uniform, he told her, since she was "only there for the summer." Koch found herself wearing a skirt so short that she could not bend over. Every night when Koch finished work, the assistant manager asked her for a hug. She remembers: "I'd hold my breath, tense myself and give the hug so I could go home." The assistant manager always patted her on the buttocks when he hugged her. Koch never complained about the behavior. Instead, she "counted the days...

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