What I (woman, white, b 1940) remember about the Anita Hill hearing

* I found it extrenely difficult to watch. As a result, I avoided watching most of it.

* Shortly after the hearing, I attended a academic conference. That was all the women professors wanted to talk about.

* At the Adult discussion group at the UCCM (Congregational church) retired women burst out with stories about the harassment they had endured on the job. No one reported it; that was just the way things were.

* While I was at a local branch library, suddenly a vociferous discussion broke out in one corner. Older women were sharing their stories.

* There were several women reporters covering the hearings for NPR. One of them noted that this was the first time women reporters were covering a major story. (Why NPR picked so many women for this is another story.) They said that all the reorters knew about JFK's 'playing around', but no one reported about it. Guys protected guys. One said with so many women reporters now, such a coverup would not be possible.

* Many women were furious that all the senators questioning Hill were men. Many women decided to run for office.

* I got the strong impression that many of the senators were freaking out, thinking on the order of 'OMG, maybe those OK things I said or did--maybe the women there didn't think they were so OK!'