sexual harassment

"Ren?e Ballard works the night shift in Hollywood, beginning many investigations but finishing none as each morning she turns her cases over to day shift detectives. A once up-and-coming detective, she's been given this beat as punishment after filing a sexual harassment complaint against a supervisor. But one night she catches two cases she doesn't want to part with: the brutal beating of a prostitute left for dead in a parking lot and the killing of a young woman in a nightclub shooting. Ballard is determined not to give up at dawn. Against orders and her own partner's wishes, she works both cases by day while maintaining her shift by night. As the cases entwine they pull her closer to her own demons and the reason she won't give up her job no matter what the department throws at her"--Provided by publisher.

Isabelle Goodrow, horrified and enraged when she discovers her teenage daughter Amy is involved with a math teacher at the high school, comes to realize that her outrage is mostly the result of the secret she has been keeping for most of Amy's life.

Naomi, saving up to buy her dream car, is thrilled when she lands a job at a local frozen yogurt shop and almost immediately gets a raise, but it is not long before the shop owner's constant staring begins to make her feel uneasy, and her discomfort is heightened by her ex-boyfriend's continued efforts to win her back.

Explores how the American culture seems to support rapists over their victims and offers ideas on how society can take sexual violence much more seriously without affecting the rights of the accused.

Explores the issues surrounding sexual harassment. Presents diversity of opinion on the topic including both conservative and liberal points of view in an even balance.

Describes the mission of Girls for Gender Equity, discusses its model for teens to teach one another about sexual harassment, examines its work to prevent sexual harassment, and offers practical interventions.

Chronicles Lois Jenson's experiences working for Eveleth Mines in northern Minnesota and the grueling court case against her employer that lasted ten years and changed the public's understanding of sexual harassment.

Results from fifth biennial National School Climate Survey, the only national survey concerning the school experiences of students who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender.