Anita Hill -- Reaction

Reserve Reading

It's surprising to me that I had never heard of this trial. I was raised in an extremely liberal family and although I believe I had heard the name Clanrence Thomas, I'd never even heard of Anita Hill. There were some very good points made in the aritcle though, that in the end it didn't really matter who was telling the truth, what got the nation fired up was the way the Senate treated Anita Hill.

I just tried searching for the add run in the New York Times that was mentioned in the article, "What If?", but I was surprised to see that I couldn't find it. It sounds like a great add and I will keep looking, maybe hey could make a modern spin off of it.

Viewing this trial in the context of the time explains a lot. That women were so angered and eager to run, that Senate was in disgrace, all contributed to the Year of the Woman. Without this trial, the results would have been much less successful and so it makes sense that tha year couldn't be replicated. However, there are still many things to be fought over and to spur women, we just have to find one. The fact that this only happened 16 years ago makes it seem much less like history and much more like current events which brings it closer to home.

Women still are greatly under-represented in every section of the governemnt, except no one really seems to care. Women can bitch and moan about how hard things are, but they never get together and make a big change. We just need something to unite under so we can create a Year of the Woman and possibly actually bring equality to the US government.