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In 1990, three female students at Yale University filed a grievance claiming that the university's introductory French course was sexist in its use of the French in Action television series.

In particular, the students objected to watching a scene in which the character Jean-Pierre harasses Mireille as she sits in a park and then being required to " pretend you were trying to pick up a pretty woman in a park.

" Some also objected to camera angles focusing on Mireille's legs, or breasts when she isn't wearing a bra.