Speaking Truth to Power by Anita Hill

Author:Anita Hill
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Gender & the Law, Lawyers & Judges, Law and Legislation, Women Lawyers, General, United States, Personal Memoirs, Legal Profession, Biography & Autobiography, Sexual Harassment of Women, Law, Cultural Heritage, Biography, Women
ISBN: 9780385476270
Publisher: Anchor
Published: 1997-01-02T00:00:00+00:00

Within the first hour of my appearance before the committee I was asked to repeat details of experiences which I had already forced myself to describe first to Metzenbaum and staff attorney Jim Brudney, then to the committee in my written statement of September 23, then to the FBI, and finally in my opening statement. Inherent in these demands for repetition was a fundamental hostility to the claim, as though each time what I had said before had been insufficient. “Tell us … once again … what was the most embarrassing … in order for us to determine.” The hearing had only begun and I found myself wondering, “How many times … how much detail … how vulgar did the language have to be and … how uncomfortable do I have to feel in order for [them] to comprehend what happened to me?” By the end of the day, I would conclude that no amount of detail would satisfy the committee, though at no point during the day’s questioning would I consider withdrawing.

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