She had publicly named sexual harassment when it was scarcely spoken of. Years later, when #MeToo erupted into the mainstream, when Christine Blasey Ford testified in an all-too-similar Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in 2018, the memory of Hill roared back.
I am among the girls who watched Hill testify in the Clarence Thomas hearings in 1991, not fully understanding what she was saying but knowing, on some visceral level, that the sight of this lone, determined Black woman facing a looming panel of white men was significant. Believing is part memoir, part manifesto: an eloquent, academic argument from a lifelong law professor that gender violence-“an umbrella term” Hill uses to encompass offenses including incest, domestic violence, harassment, rape, and assault-is much more than individual “boys-will-be-boys” behavior it’s systemic and endemic and has reached “public-crisis level.” “I have come to see gender-based violence as the literal and figurative foot on women’s necks,” Hill writes in Believing, as it impacts everything from housing stability to the economy and physical and mental health.Īnita Hill has come to occupy an almost mythical place in the national feminist consciousness.
Hill reckons with her own place in history, and the ongoing battle against sexual harassment and abuse in her new book, Believing: Our Thirty-Year Journey to End Gender Violence, released today. Only available for a LIMITED TIME – NOT FOUND IN STORES!Ĭlick here to buy this shirt: Dead Terrorist Silence Achmed The Dead Shirt, hoodie, tank top and long sleeve tee With Secure Checkout (100% Secure payment with SSL Encryption), Return & Warranty (If you’re not 100% satisfied, let us know and we’ll make it right.), Worldwide shipping available, Buy 2 or more to save shipping.