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    Sexual harassment doesn't just happen to actors or journalists. Talk to a waitress, or a cleaner

    There are far too many think pieces about high-level actresses and far too few about the waitress at your local dinerOutclassed: The Secret Life of Inequality is our new column about class. Read all articles here
    by Alissa Quart and Barbara Ehrenreich Nov 22, 2017 4 minutes
    ‘This is a powerful moment for sharing our stories, but it can sometimes feel like we are only reproducing class divisions’. Photograph: Getty

    The number of women in the entertainment industry coming forward with charges of sexual harassment is starting to feel endless. They include stars like Gwyneth Paltrow and Angelina Jolie but also heads of tech startups and journalists, gallerists and producers.

    But it is women working in far less glamorous occupations who really bear the brunt of male lechery and assault: the housekeepers, waitresses and farmworkers. A paper in, based on interviews with female workers at five-star hotels, found almost all experiencing some kind of inappropriate sexual advance from a guest. , 80% of waitresses reported sexual harassment. A mind-boggling did, too.

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