An Analysis of josey aimes's strucggle against sexual harassment in the mining workplace in north country film by using Liberal Feminism approach

In this research, the writer analyzed a film entitled North Country which tells about personal character of Josey Aimes, is a woman who fights to get justice and free women miners from gender oppression roles in the mining workplace. This research is aimed to find out what are liberal feminism values in this film. This film is analyzed by using feminist theory, especially by using liberal feminism approach, as a response to the research problem. The method used in this research is the qualitative method. This research is only focused on extrinsic elements. From the data analysis, the writer finds two liberal feminism values represented in this film, they are: gender equality in the workplace and gender equality in law. Although, in the fact this film is so few argumentative law struggle. But, personal character of Josey Aimes can fight alone to get justness in the mining workplace. And in the court she and her friends win the class action law suit of sexual harassments case. The setting of North Country film in 1989 which shows second wave feminism especially liberal feminism shows that women can fight to get truly freedom, women needed economic opportunity and civil freedom