Sexual Harassment

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Term Paper Title	Sexual Harassment
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Sexual Harassment

Sexual Harassment

     The sexual harassment allegations filed by Professor Anita Hill against
Clarence Thomas and the proceeding Senate Judiciary Hearing thrust the issue of
sexual harassment into the political arena, the workplace, and every day life.

Introduction

     Sexual harassment is a very broad term and can be interpreted in a
variety of ways.  The National Organization of Women (NOW) defines sexual
harassment as "any repeated or unwarranted verbal or physical advance, sexually
explicit derogatory statement, or sexually discriminating acts made by someone
in the workplace which is offensive or objectionable to the recipient or which
interferes with the recipients job performance." (Redress for Success, page 74)
Before 1972, there was no penalty for sexual harassment of women at the
workplace.  Not until, that is, the Education Amendments of 1972 were enacted.
Title IX of the Education Amendments states that "sexual harassment is a form of
sexual discrimination and is illegal." (What is Sexual Harassment?, page 20)
After the Education Amendments were enacted, women began to see that the law was
on their side and that it was designed to protect them.  Women now saw that

        -Verbal harassment or abuse

        -Subtle pressure for sex

        -Unnecessary patting or pinching

        -Constant brushing against another employee's body

        -Demands for sex accompanied by threats of termination

        -Demands for sex in return for preferential treatment

qualified as components of sexual harassment.(Redress for Success, page 75)
Soon after that women began to realize that they could be sexually harassed by
anybody, such as by employers, supervisors, co-workers, customers, or even by
subordinate employees.(Redress for Success, page 74)  With this new
understanding that they deserved equal treatment as their male counterparts,
women began to hold men responsible for their actions and use the laws to their
advantage.  The sexual harassment allegations made by Anita Hill in 1991 were
not the first and were by far not the most controversial.  May cases and
hearings prior to the Clarence Thomas Hearing set the stage for the out break of
hysteria in 1991.

Landmark Cases

        Back as far as 1975, women began to realize that men could not act as
they did and still stay within the perimeters of the law.  The case of Monge v.
Beebe Rubber Company brought the issue of sexual discrimination out into the
open in late 1974.  The cir...

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