There are a few passing mentions of the issue of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG), including a scene where the protagonist's car breaks down on an isolated country road and she worries she could be kidnapped. Nothing bad happens in this scene. The author employs the "There is only one bed" trope, wherein the protagonist falls asleep in her hotel room, thinking it was assigned only to her, but the romantic interest also shows up. He climbs into bed, not noticing her in the dark, and she reacts by trying to fight him off physically before realizing who he is. She says something along the lines of, "I thought you were a stranger who was going to rape me." A few of the protagonist's male coworkers make inappropriate comments to her and about women in general. The protagonist also references "grabby" customers at a bowling alley where she used to work.