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What is sexual harassment? Sexual harassment is defined as unwanted and offensive sexual advances or sexually derogatory or discriminatory remarks. In David Mamet’s Oleanna, a female student accuses a male professor of sexual harassment. This exasperating play is about a frustrated, self-absorbed male professor whose involvement with a distressed, vulnerable female student leads to consequences. Perhaps these consequences will be less ominous if certain actions are taken well before then. If, for instance, mediation have taken place before Carol’s second visit with the professor, the matter might be reconcile; or if Carol did not make that comment to the professor towards the end of the third act, the violent attack may be prevented. Carol, a student, is failing Professor John’s class. She absolutely cannot accept a failing grade, and accordingly she visits his office to discuss her understanding of the material and her grade. He is sidetracked by telephone calls regarding a house he and his wife are going to purchase. He never really seems to listen to or understand Carol’s dilemma. In the second act, Carol returns with a new confident attitude. She is now a member of an unidentified group and has brought charges of sexual harassment against the professor, based on statements and physical behavior she found offensive. John now has to deal with the reality of possibly losing his tenure, his house, and basically everything he has ever worked for, which he absolutely cannot accept. In the third act, John asks to meet with Carol to discuss the charges. A compromise is proposed. Carol is willing to speak to the Tenure Committee regarding the dismissal of the charges if John “excludes his book as a representative example of the university” (Mamet 639).
Approximate Word count = 1101
Approximate Pages = 4.4
(250 words per page double spaced)
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