Today’s Shero, Anita Hill.
In 1991 Hill accused US Supreme Court nominee, Clarence Thomas, of sexual harassment. Thomas was her boss at the US Department of Education and Equal Opportunity Commission. Hill was a respected attorney and professor at the time, roles she still holds. An FBI interview with Hill was leaked, and Hill was called to testify.
She stated:
“He spoke about … such matters as women having sex with animals and films showing group sex or rape scenes,” she said, adding that on several occasions Thomas graphically described “his own sexual prowess” and the details of his anatomy.[5] Hill also recounted an instance in which Thomas examined a can of Coke on his desk and asked, “Who has put pubic hair on my Coke?”
She was accused by Orin Hatch of scheming with “slick lawyers” in an effort to discredit Thomas and female witness waiting in the wing to corroborate her story were never called into the chamber to do so.
She took a polygraph test (sound familiar, Dr. Ford did too) but alas, many did not believe her “tale.” What resulted was nothing short of character assassination.
Other women stepped forth after the confirmation, and many believe Thomas lied under oath…yet, there he sits and he is about to be joined by Kavanaugh.
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What we really need to be understanding is that all of these things matter and they all stem from the fact that certain people live with power and authority and they want to maintain it.
