Year: 1992
Type: article
Abstract: Professor Anita Hill brought the processes of United States government to a temporary standstill just as I was finishing this Article.Hill's contribution to the possibility of equal governance was profound, and though this Article is not primarily about the Thomas confirmation hearings, I have to say this.I admit that I wanted the vote in the Senate to turn out the other way, and was distressed by the "logic" of a slim majority of Senators.But the entire process frankly thrilled me, for one reason: I had never before had a truly unmediated experience of politics.I've been involved in politics all my life.But this time, it was direct, it finally had a connection to reality, and the issue of gender domination, in all its gory complexity, was out on the table.In short, those events indicated to me that patriarchy' is running scared.In spite of a conspiracy to keep sexual harassment off the national agenda, in
Source: UCLA Women s Law Journal
DOI: 10.5070/l321017558
Author: Ann Scales
Institutions: Harvard University, University of New Mexico, Wellesley College
Language: English
Subfield: Gender Studies
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2165873046