I'm not sure I can say there is a clean line between me as an individual and me as a lawyer.
From Anita Hill
But the issue of sexual harassment is not the end of it. There are other issues - political issues, gender issues - that people need to be educated about.
When I think of what has happened in a larger sense, beyond myself, then I would not change anything.
It would have been more comfortable to remain silent.
One of the things I was taught in law school is that I'd never be able to think the same again - that being a lawyer is something that's part of who I am as an individual now.
I resent the idea that people would blame the messenger for the message, rather than looking at the content of the message itself.
I did what my conscience told me to do, and you can't fail if you do that.
I am really proud to be a part in whatever way of women becoming active in the political scene. I think it was the first time that people came to terms with the reality of what it meant to have a Senate made up of 98 men and two women.
Because I was extremely uncomfortable talking about sex with him at all and particularly in such a graphic way, I told him that I did not want to talk about these subjects.
But I think it would be irresponsible for me not to say what I really believe in my heart to be true - that there are some serious inequities that we face as women and that we can work to address these inequities.
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