California fans of "The Rookie" will not see one of its stars, Afton Williamson, return for the second season. She claims she was forced to endure racial discrimination and sexual harassment during the first season, and simply cannot return to the show. Feeling forced to leave a job due to these types of hostilities continues to be a common theme for women across the country.

According to Williamson, the head of the hair department was unabashedly racist and routinely bullied her and used racially charged language. According to her, additional bullying came from the highest levels of the production. She claims her complaints about this behavior were not investigated and reported as she was promised. The harassment allegedly reached the point where this individual sexually assaulted Williamson at a wrap party. She says that only after this incident was the individual's employment terminated.

Long Beach soccer fans may know that the U.S. women's soccer team recently competed in the World Cup, but defending their title as champions could prove easier than the battle they face in the courts. Several of the women allege in a lawsuit that they face workplace discrimination because they do not receive the same compensation as their male counterparts. Court documents assert violations of the Equal Pay Act and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

According to the women, the U.S. Soccer Federation does not pay them what they pay members of the men's soccer team, but this is not the only allegation of gender inequality cited. The 28 women say they do not receive the same training, promotion of their games, travel conditions as the men's team does. They say they work just as hard, and seem to outperform, the men's team, so they should receive at least the same compensation.

Those who work in certain industries receive an unfair characterization from others. For instance, there is a museum on the East Coast dedicated to sex. One of the workers there says that she and others suffered through continuous sexual harassment from customers. She claims her employer did nothing about it.

It does not matter what industry people here in California or elsewhere work in — they do not deserve to be treated with disrespect or harassed simply because of the jobs they do. The woman in this case says not just customers harassed them, but other staff members did so as well. Customers and staff were supposedly intoxicated while in the museum during some of these instances, which more than likely only made them more brazen. 

Most Long Beach residents have heard the adage, "there ain't no such thing as a free lunch." People understand this to mean that they cannot get something for nothing -- there is always a price. When it comes to employment, workers believe this refers to the fact that they only get paid if they perform their job duties. Unfortunately, some workers end up finding out that a superior expects something else, and that something else could constitute "quid pro quo" sexual harassment.

This type of sexual harassment occurs when a superior demands some sort of sexual favor in exchange for a raise, a promotion, a good work assignment or some other work benefit. It can also work the other way. That superior could demand sexual favors in exchange for not firing, reprimanding or providing a poor review to an employee. It should be noted that the perpetrator and victim do not have to be of the opposite sex for this or any other type of sexual harassment to occur.