In a Day's Work: The Fight to End Sexual Violence Against America's Most Vulnerable Workers
Bernice Yeung
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In a Day's Work: The Fight to End Sexual Violence Against America's Most Vulnerable Workers
Bernice Yeung
Rave
Positive
Mixed
Pan
Rave
Positive
Mixed
Pan
Yeung’s reporting achieves a balance rare in public interest journalism: She tells compelling stories that illustrate systemic problems without reducing people to mere players in a legal argument. She skillfully knits case studies into rigorous policy analysis. Most important, Yeung traces paths toward progress beyond merely raising awareness.
Even while describing experiences many publications might package as trauma porn, Yeung never lets larger structures out of sight: The story here is not about individual pathologies but the power differentials that enable abusers to act on their impulses and get away with it.
Bernice Yeung relates stories like Hernandez’s with candor and compassion in her new book, In a Day’s Work. She balances them with comprehensive research on labor law, rape and sexual assault legislation, and the additional burdens borne by undocumented women workers.
...a bleak but much-needed addition to the literature on sexual harassment in the US.
Yeung shares the illuminating and often shocking stories of harassment against low-wage, at-risk workers deemed vulnerable due to the nature of their immigration status and their dependence on their employment in order to support a family.
The author mitigates the difficult material by bringing humanity, empathy, and hope to each page.