Sadly, in the US, immigrant workers are mistreated and taken advantage of daily. Women, especially who work picking crops and in service industries as maids and in home health care, are often sexually assaulted as well. This book details the abuses that immigrant women suffer and the movement to bring attention to and end that abuse. The book is eye opening and rather horrifying. In one study, it was found that "one third of the men interviewed said that they would probably force a woman into sex acts if they knew they wouldn't get caught." A latter study showed that "male attraction to sexual violence is more common than most people had previously realized." It was also found that this male sexual violence can be turned aside if other men speak out about it rather than joining in or ignoring it.
Because many brave women have spoken out, there are now education and support groups to help stop sexual violence in the workplace and laws that punish companies who don't fire the men who are rapists and sexually abusive.
This book is an excellent resource and is quite eye opening. I highly recommend it.
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