“This fall will mark the 20th anniversary of Anita Hill’s testimony before Congress about the sexual harassment she experienced while working for Clarence Thomas. Though Hill offered only her own narrative about the behavior she witnessed, her story helped other women build a vocabulary and learn to talk about unjust sexual-power dynamics. Thanks in part to her, we were, by now, supposed to be braver and more skilled at calling out injustice, at exposing or reversing sexual-power imbalances. But 20 summers later, we’re marching in hot pants.”
Rebecca Traister discusses both the follies and social value of SlutWalks, the protests that erupted after a Toronto police officer made the sexist suggestion that women should dress appropriately in order to avoid sexual assault, for the NY Times.
