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Anita Faye Hill is a U.S. attorney. She is a Professor of Social Policy, Law, and Women’s Studies at Brandeis University and a faculty member of Brandeis Heller School for Social Policy and Management. Hill became known because she had stated that Clarence Thomas, then head of the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights, had made sexual advances and explicit remarks towards her when she worked as his legal adviser. Hill then decided to follow Thomas to his next post as chairman of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, which she had then worked as Thomas’s assistant. Hill later contended that at that point Thomas resumed his harassment, prompting her to leave her job for another job, which is a teaching position …show more content…

Most individuals don’t quite know the exact definition of sexual harassment and, therefore it’s not thought about as much. People seem to think sexual harassment only happens in the public or on the streets, it’s not an issue dealt with in the workplace. I feel as Anita didn’t have as much support that she needed, because if she did then the sexual harassment allegations that are happening in 2017, possibly wouldn’t be happening. Hill was a woman that was brave and courageous and not afraid to stand her ground on what she believed in. The sad part about this particular story in general is that the senate had interrogated her like she was some sort of criminal. They didn’t seem to believe her story one bit, by attempting to discredit her testimony and suggesting that she had made up, exaggerated or imagined the events, but they definitely didn’t give Clarence Thomas the same treatment. Instead Clarence Thomas had denied the accusations, portraying a much more innocent picture of events and stating that the matter had been a liberal concoction aimed at bashing his appointment to the Supreme Court and he tried to play the race card, to me that somewhat means you’re guilty of something. Moreover, Thomas had stated at the committee “As far as I’m concerned, it is a high-tech lynching for uppity blacks who in any way deign to themselves.” How does lynching and race have any correlation with a sexual harassment hearing? A person that …show more content…

To further explain, Shame comes from being embarrassed and worrying about what others think of you. Fear would be worried no one would believe you or people will think you’re making up things to receive attention. Cultural norms such as male honor, masculinity, and men’s sexual entitlement, adopt societal acceptance of sexual assault in many ways. There was a study conducted in 2016 that “Anywhere from 25% to 85% of women report having experienced sexual harassment in the workplace.” The women who are brave enough to speak out get retaliation for doing so, and that may raise fear in other women to not want to speak up about their

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