This led to cruelty and sexual harassment in the workplace during her career. Marilyn said in defense of her boss's comment about how she "got up for a scene" "I'm not getting anything twisted, I'm a Model T. Sorry, but I think it's a little disrespectful to refer to it that way." . I'm trying to work in an art form, not in a manufacturing plant” (543). Thank goodness Monroe could stand up for herself because without that, with everything she was already forced to deal with, she would be even more depressed. One way Monroe could have chosen an alternative path would have been to put more of her passion into her work rather than using men for attention, this would have ultimately eliminated most of her problems. For example, she wouldn't be known for some of the things she did, like her affair with John F. Kennedy. Monroe could have started her career earlier if she had focused more on this than her later attention