Believing: Our Thirty-year Journey to End Gender Violence
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\nFrom the woman who gave the landmark testimony against Clarence Thom as as a sexual menace\, a new manifesto about the origins and course of ge nder violence in our society\; a combination of memoir\, personal accounts \, law\, and social analysis\, and a powerful call to arms from one of our most prominent and poised survivors.
\nIn 1991\, Anita Hill began s omething that's still unfinished work. The issues of gender violence\, tou ching on sex\, race\, age\, and power\, are as urgent today as they were w hen she first testified. \;Believing \;is a story of America's thr ee decades long reckoning with gender violence\, one that offers insights into its roots\, and paths to creating dialogue and substantive change.&nb sp\;It is a call to action that offers guidance based on what this brave\, committed fighter has learned from a lifetime of advocacy and her search for solutions to a problem that is still tearing America apart.
\nWe
once thought gender-based violence--from casual harassment to rape and mu
rder--was an individual problem that affected a few\; we now know it's cul
tural and endemic\, and happens to our acquaintances\, colleagues\, friend
s and family members\, and it can be physical\, emotional and verbal. Wome
n of color \;experience sexual harassment at higher rates than White w
omen. Street harassment is ubiquitous and can escalate to violence. Transg
ender and nonbinary people are particularly vulnerable.
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Anita Hill draws on her years as a teacher\, legal scholar\, and advocate\
, and on the experiences of the thousands of \; \;individuals
\;who have told her their stories\, to trace the pipeline of behavior that
follows individuals from place to place: from home to school to work and
back home. In measured\, clear\, blunt terms\, she demonstrates the impact
it has on \; every aspect of our lives\, including our physical and m
ental \;wellbeing\, housing stability\, political participation\,
\;economy \;and \;community safety\, and \;how our descriptive
language undermines \;progress toward solutions. \;And she is unc
ompromising in her demands that \; our laws and our leaders must addre
ss the issue concretely and immediately.
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