That Girl and Sexual Harassment

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English - June 28, 2018 10:00 - 25 minutes - 24 MB - ★★★★★ - 30 ratings
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Season 1 (1966-67) of TV Classic That Girl delivered an all too familiar story line. Guest star Carroll O'Connor played an opera singer with intentions on getting Ann Marie's attention in exchange for an interview. What ensues is a good look at how sexual harassment was written as a conflict by mid-century male writers.

Resource: Time Magazine's A Brief History of Sexual Harassment in America Before Anita Hill April 2016 by Sascha Cohen

http://time.com/4286575/sexual-harassment-before-anita-hill/

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