HST 222 Lecture Notes - Lecture 28: Russell Baker, Flight Attendant, Anita Hill
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Feminists define and transform problems of sexual inequality. Not viewed as cause of legal action. Conflicts with boss not necessarily a personal problem. Alliance against sexual coercion violence/harassment: blames capitalism, do(cid:374)"t (cid:449)a(cid:374)t (cid:374)e(cid:449) la(cid:449)s, (cid:272)ertai(cid:374) proposals. Professors allowed to sleep with students (cid:862)(cid:374)o perso(cid:374) should (cid:271)e ex(cid:272)luded o(cid:374) the (cid:271)asis of sex fro(cid:373) the parti(cid:272)ipatio(cid:374) of edu(cid:272)atio(cid:374)(cid:863) Yale scandal direct personal experiences with sexual harassment by coach/teachers. Yale should get their faculty in check. Women could get their own help by men they know. Atmospheres on college campuses shifts completely relationships vanished. Quid pro quo exchange of something in terms of sex (favor for sex) Condition of work exchange is less direct, if advances themselves create an uneasy environment. Continued to work despite harassment to get further in profession. Rape violence, not act of sexual passion. Fear women stopping to do activities at night, etc. Brownmiller (cid:862)agai(cid:374)st our will(cid:863) study of rape published.
