Anita Hill
Anita Hill
Anita Faye Hillis an American attorney and academic. She is a University 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. She became a national figure in 1991 when she accused U.S. Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas, her boss at the U.S. Department of Education and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, of sexual harassment...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionLawyer
Date of Birth30 July 1956
CityLone Tree, OK
CountryUnited States of America
I felt that all of those things were relevant for the Senate to consider, just as they had considered many other ways he had handled himself, many other issues in terms of how he had done his job as the chair of the EEOC. And so I felt that it was very relevant and very important for their consideration.
But the issue of sexual harassment is not the end of it. There are other issues - political issues, gender issues - that people need to be educated about.
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As a rule, automatic and self-serve are two different clients, and they don't cross very often. The young people tend to do it themselves.
Why was it important to come forward? ... I felt that he showed a personal indifference to the issue in his own behavior. But more importantly I thought it showed how he dealt with issues of power generally and his use of power -- in terms of intimidating me, and as it turns out other women on his staff. And how he viewed women generally, which would impact his role as a Supreme Court Justice as it had impacted his role as the chairman of the EEOC,
You can't always expect a certain result, but you can expect to do your best.
calls for equal treatment are often seen as calls for 'special treatment' in situations where discrimination has become the norm.
I am hopeful that others who have suffered sexual harassment will not become discouraged by my experience, but instead will find the strength to speak out about this serious problem.
I see myself as an educator.
My parents are older, and they lead a somewhat sheltered life. It was difficult to talk with them about things that were embarrassing to me, and that I had never spoken to them about
I became the messenger who had to be killed
Whether the person you are playing is real or fictional, you try to go to the heart of that person.