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Summary Of Rape On The Night Shift

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On September 27th, 2017, we watched a documentary made by Priyanka Boghani called, Rape on the Night Shift, which was made June 23rd, 2015. This document discusses the issues with a large number of women getting raped while doing their jobs, more specifically janitors, who aren’t protected by the company that they work for in the way that they should be. The documentary also goes over how rape is one of the most common crimes to go unreported, and unprosecuted. These rapes still occur because when a rape is reported, companies are taking very little to no action in making their workplace a safer environment and don’t give each employee the necessary education and tools to allow them to stay safe should they ever be in a rough situation. The investigators interview and reach out to many women who have been raped and sexually abused allowing them to tell their stories, including Maria Bojorquez, Maria Magaña, Erika Morales, Leticia Zuniga, and many more.
Pathos was the most reoccurring appeal Boghani used in the documentary. For example, a janitor working for SMS, a company that hires janitors in Tennessee, Leticia Zuniga, shared her heart-wrenching story. Zuniga recalled the sexual abuse she endured from her manager, Marco Gonzalez. This documentary was one of the few times she spoke about the abuse because he convinced her that no one would believe her and even threatened to tell the police she was an illegal immigrant. Leticia feared that if she should go to the police they

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