Hermain Cain Sexual Harrasment Allegations–Never Happened
Dahlia Lithwick for the Slate: “Conservatives aren’t just defending Herman Cain. They’re denying the very existence of sexual harassment.”
issue: Stopping Violence Against Women
NOW Calls on Penn State’s Board of Trustees to Expand Review Committee; Address All Forms of Campus Violence
In the wake of the recent appalling Penn State University child sexual assault allegations, the national leaders of the National Organization for Women join Pennsylvania NOW in calling on the school to expand the composition and goals of the committee tasked with investigating these allegations.
Not Funny: Sexual Harassment Allegations and Herman Cain
It’s outrageous for anyone to suggest that sexual harassment allegations represent political smears to be dismissed rather than the bravery and dignity of women simply trying to go to work.
Dukes Puts ‘Em Up Again
Martha Burk for Huffington Post: “Remember Dukes v. Walmart, the case that the Roberts Supreme Corporate Court threw out last summer (after 11 years of slogging through lower courts) because the company claimed it was too big to be sued for sex discrimination? Well, like Freddy Krueger every Halloween, it’s ba-a-a-ck. And it ought to Read more …
Sexual Harassment 20 Years Later
New York Times editorial: “Twenty years ago this month, Anita Hill stepped into the glare of the national spotlight, testifying before the all-male Senate Judiciary Committee about the vulgar sexual advances she said she endured a decade earlier while wo…