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Article: JONES AND LEWINSKY AND BACKLASH AGAINST SEXUAL HARASSMENT LAW.(Editorial)
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- Seattle Post-Intelligencer
- Article date:
- March 10, 1998
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For centuries, sexual harassment was considered ``just life.''
That changed in 1986, when the Supreme Court recognized sexual harassment in the workplace to be a form of sex discrimination.
In 1992, the court extended tha recognition to sexual harassment in schools. Since then, the law has intervened in the traditional male prerogative of sexual access to women who are men's subordinates in a hierarchy, as most women are. Last week the court held that male victims have the same rights against male perpetrators as women have.
Despite that, attempts to reverse such gains have been mounting recently. Many courts have held that a perpetrator cannot ...