决不让步

乔西（查理兹·塞隆 Charlize Theron 饰）与丈夫分居后，带着两个孩子回到明尼苏达老家，为了生计，决定不顾父亲反对去当地矿上工作。入职后乔西才明白为什么家里人对她的决定如此反对——矿上工作的女人每日要承受男职工们大量的性侮辱、性骚扰，就算忍气吞声，也要被男矿 工的妻子们当成婊子，甚至在公共场合受到辱骂。不堪忍受这一切都乔西决定出头把矿业公司告上法庭。这个念头让乔西受到前所未有压力，在公司里得到的羞辱变本加厉，还连累其他女员工，令她们都和她反目；在家里，从外面承受人言的孩子们也开始怀疑母亲的清白。乔西扛住这一切，只为让男人们知道不尊重女性的应有下场…… 　　本片根据1988年发生的真实事件改编，是美国历史上第一桩起诉成功的性骚扰官司。1989. Josey Aimes takes her two kids, Sammy and Karen, and leaves her abusive husband Wayne, to return to her northern Minnesota home town. On a chance meeting with her old friend Glory Dodge who works as a driver and union rep at the mine operated by Pearson Taconite and Steel, Josey decides to work at the mine as well, work that is dominated by men in number and in tone. She does so to be able to stand on her own two feet for the first time in her life, something she probably could not have done if she remained in a job washing hair at a beauty salon. Working at the mine does not sit well with her father, Hank Aimes, who also works at the mine and who, like the other male workers, believes she is taking a job away from a man. Hank has believed that all Josey's problems are of her own doing, ever since she, unmarried, had Sammy while she was still in high school. Josey has always stated that she does not know who Sammy's biological father is, which fosters Hank's attitude about her. Among Josey's coworkers is Bobby Sharp, who many believe is Sammy's biological father. Josey's evangelical mother, Alice Aimes, stands by her husband in their general belief of traditional roles of men and women. Josey and her fellow female mine workers are continually harassed, emotionally, physically and sexually by their male counterparts. Every seeming step forward in the issue Josey finds is only a measure to lull the women into a false sense of security, or to make the fall even harder. Unable to withstand the abuse, Josey decides to sue the company for sexual harassment. She does so with the help of Glory and her husband Kyle's friend, Bill White, an ex-New York lawyer who is facing his own emotional demons. They being able to get any corroboration is difficult as all Josey's male coworkers are standing together, and all the women fear retribution by the company and/or their male coworkers after the fact. Even Glory is facing her own issues which prevent her from being that strong union voice. Only a small grain of the truth coming to light may be what Josey and Bill need...