Lessons In Chemistry
sexism, implied sexual threat
Director(s)Adina Smith
Production year2023
Release date10/10/2023
Genre(s)Drama
Approx. running minutes47m
CastBrie Larson, Stephanie Koenig, Alice Halsey
Lessons In Chemistry
sexism, implied sexual threat
LESSONS IN CHEMISTRY is a US drama series; in this episode, a female scientist in the 1950s struggles to further her res ...
LESSONS IN CHEMISTRY is a US drama series; in this episode, a female scientist in the 1950s struggles to further her research in the face of workplace discrimination.
discrimination
A 1950s female lab tech faces demeaning, sexist attitudes from her male colleagues who address her as ‘sweetie’ and ‘young lady’, discredit her intelligence and stifle her research opportunities. Her boss threatens to fire her unless she participates in a beauty pageant, and requests that she boost her ‘sex appeal’. The episode as a whole is clearly critical of sexism.
sexual violence and sexual threat
A woman is visibly afraid when her boss corners her in a room alone with him; the sequence is intercut with fragmented flashbacks of her attempting to back away from an unseen person, and of a hand locking a door. However, no sexual violence occurs on screen.
additional issues
Bad language includes ‘shit’, ‘God’ and ‘Jesus Christ’. There is brief natural buttock nudity as a man takes a shower. Other issues include a scene of vomiting.
sexism, implied sexual threat
Classified Date:
06/10/2023
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Everyman Cinema
discrimination
A 1950s female lab tech faces demeaning, sexist attitudes from her male colleagues who address her as ‘sweetie’ and ‘young lady’, discredit her intelligence and stifle her research opportunities. Her boss threatens to fire her unless she participates in a beauty pageant, and requests that she boost her ‘sex appeal’. The episode as a whole is clearly critical of sexism.
sexual violence and sexual threat
A woman is visibly afraid when her boss corners her in a room alone with him; the sequence is intercut with fragmented flashbacks of her attempting to back away from an unseen person, and of a hand locking a door. However, no sexual violence occurs on screen.
Classified date06/10/2023
LanguageEnglish
discrimination
A 1950s female lab tech faces demeaning, sexist attitudes from her male colleagues who address her as ‘sweetie’ and ‘young lady’, discredit her intelligence and stifle her research opportunities. Her boss threatens to fire her unless she participates in a beauty pageant, and requests that she boost her ‘sex appeal’. The episode as a whole is clearly critical of sexism.
sexual violence and sexual threat
A woman is visibly afraid when her boss corners her in a room alone with him; the sequence is intercut with fragmented flashbacks of her attempting to back away from an unseen person, and of a hand locking a door. However, no sexual violence occurs on screen.
additional issues
Bad language includes ‘shit’, ‘God’ and ‘Jesus Christ’. There is brief natural buttock nudity as a man takes a shower. Other issues include a scene of vomiting.
Director(s)Adina Smith
Production year2023
Release date10/10/2023
Genre(s)Drama
Approx. running minutes47m
CastBrie Larson, Stephanie Koenig, Alice Halsey
sexism, implied sexual threat
Classified Date:
06/10/2023
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Everyman Cinema
discrimination
A 1950s female lab tech faces demeaning, sexist attitudes from her male colleagues who address her as ‘sweetie’ and ‘young lady’, discredit her intelligence and stifle her research opportunities. Her boss threatens to fire her unless she participates in a beauty pageant, and requests that she boost her ‘sex appeal’. The episode as a whole is clearly critical of sexism.
sexual violence and sexual threat
A woman is visibly afraid when her boss corners her in a room alone with him; the sequence is intercut with fragmented flashbacks of her attempting to back away from an unseen person, and of a hand locking a door. However, no sexual violence occurs on screen.
Classified date06/10/2023
LanguageEnglish
