Melodie Monrose is a 28 year old Model who is a native of Martinique and lives in New York City for the last ten years.

Listen to Dr. Allie Sharma and Bridget Malcolm in conversation with Melodie Monrose as they speak on her experience of Racial Tension and Sexual Harassment in the Workplace.

Melodie Monrose' career has brought her to the runway for Miu Miu and Yves Saint Laurent, as well as in the pages of Vogue Italia, V magazine and US Harpers Bazaar. She is spokesperson for a breast cancer awareness association called Amazones Martinique and the ambassador for the Committee of Tourism in Martinique.

Instagram: @MelodieMonrose⁠

This interview was recorded on March 20, 2020.

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References for Let's Get Clinical:

1. World Health Organization (WHO). Global and regional estimates of violence against women: prevalence and health effects of intimate partner violence and non-partner sexual violence. Geneva: World Health Organization, 2013.

2. Basile KC, D'Inverno AS, Wang J. National Prevalence of Sexual Violence by a Workplace-Related Perpetrator. Am J Prev Med. 2020;58(2):216-223. https://www.ajpmonline.org/article/S0749-3797(19)30418-0/pdf. (2010–2012 data from the National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey of 22,590 women and 18,584 men)

3. On mental health effects of sexual harassment: Nielsen M, Einarsen S. Prospective relationships between workplace sexual harassment and psychological distress. Occup Med 2012; 62: 226–28.

4. Lancet Editorial: O'Neil A, Sojo V, Fileborn B, Scovelle AJ, Milner A. The #MeToo movement: an opportunity in public health?. Lancet. 2018;391(10140):2587-2589. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(18)30991-7

5. According to an article in Reuters, https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-workplace-sexual-violence/almost-10-million-in-u-s-have-faced-sexual-violence-at-work-idUSKBN1YU188, "the term “sexual violence” is defined as unwanted penetration through the use of force, alcohol or drug facilitation; pressured or coerced sex; unwanted sexual contact, such as groping; unwanted experiences, such as exposure of sexual body parts and sexual remarks."

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