Anita Hill and Clarence Thomas

In the article that we had to read in class, Anita Hill was sexually abused verbally by her boss Clarence Thomas. Ms. Hill enjoyed working with Mr. Thomas and admired him greatly. She was very thankful for him because he opened doors for her that she couldn't have possibly done on her own. Mr. Thomas was very attractive to Ms. Hill and wanted to have many social gatherings with her, but she refused. She wanted to keep their relationships only on a work level. I thought Ms. Hill was right in every way for not ignoring the fact that Mr. Thomas made sexual comments to her. At first I was a bit upset with her for not doing something when it first began. I know that it was a freeze on a lot of the jobs that she wanted, but someone needed to know what kind of person Mr. Thomas was before he got sworn into office. When I did one of my interviews the lady told me that she too had been a victim of sexual harassment and the reason why she didn't tell was because she needed her job to provide for her family. She made me look at Anita Hill a bit differently. I should not have judge her because of the action that she took. A lot of people, like myself, are quick to judge other women for actions that they take, but we honestly don't know how that person may feel until it is done to us. Another issue that was a problem to me was Mr. Thomas wife asking Ms. Hill for an apology. I feel that she was only trying to do it to make Ms. Hill seem as if she was in the wrong and also to get others from looking at her husband as a sexual harasser. I felt that Ms. Thomas knew it was the truth and didn't want to admit it. She didn't want to admit to the fact that her husband was attracted to a beautiful African American woman and not a woman like herself.