Sexual harassment lawsuit filed by Loius Jenson v.Eleveth was a first sexual harassment lawsuit given class action status.It took her over 20 years of battle before she found justice .This lawsuit is a great groundbreaker in sexual harrasment law . The movie “North Country” is based on a Jenson’s true story and a book,” Class Action: The Story Of Loius Jenson and the Landmark Case That Changed Sexual harrasmment Law”,by Clara Bingam and Laura Leedy Gansler.

Josey Aimes(Charlize Theron),took a job at a Minnesota mines.The job was hard, and was occupied mostly by men. However,the pay was good and Aimes had two children to support,so she did not think twice. Before Affirmative Action many women and minorities ,were excluded from many diffrent jobs.However,after Affirmative Action,just like,Jenson,many women although were allowed to get a "mens" job, they all had to fight for respect and equality.

She and her other female coworkers were being constantly harrased and intimidated by men. Men's behavior was extremly inappropriate and what nowdays would be absolutely intolerable.For instance,when one females tries to use outhouse,she was trapped , rocked and then tipped over by the men.Jenson, confirmed that the movie had depicted many of the real life events precisely.Women were a constant target for lewd jokes,verbal abuse,stalikng.When Aimes first started working at the mine,she received a few indicent comments,but she did not take it too seriously.

In a real life,a lot of women ignore or prefer to ignore these fisrt signs of harrasment.For instance ,when when Baldwin(Baldwin v.Blue Cross) was first clled by his boss "babe' ,she ignored it.She then was targeted by her boss for the second time;he offered her to spend a night together,although he was married.These harrasments continued to