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...Murfreesboro, Tenn. It was there in 1995 that local artist Maxine Henderson exhibited some of her work in the city hall rotunda, including Gwen, a painting of a partly nude woman. A city employee saw the painting and was offended--so much so that she filed a sexual-harassment complaint against her employer. City attorney Tom Reed promptly whisked the painting away. Although a judge eventually ruled that Henderson had a First Amendment right to hang her art in the rotunda (it's a public place, after all), the lawsuit frightened Reed. To this day, he won't allow Gwen...
...hours (10% more than we worked in 1969) and more women working (18 million more today than in 1980, or about 50% of the labor force), more Americans than ever are flirting, dating and propositioning at work. Actually, only a tiny proportion of office come-ons result in harassment complaints; of those that do, just 9% end up in formal proceedings, whereas 38% of relationships that start on the job survive into the long term. The huge surge in sexual-harassment cases that took place in the early '90s has slowed. Such cases are still being filed at the rate...
...avoid the same fate, Jones' lawyers now argue that Clinton was more aggressive in the hotel room than Jones said in her original 1994 complaint. In her recent deposition, Jones said that Clinton in fact tried to grab her crotch and kiss her and that he briefly blocked her way--not simply that he had lightly touched her, as Jones first said. These elements make the incident sound much more "severe," especially coming from her ultimate boss. (Courts are tougher on accused CEOs than accused co-workers.) Clinton's attorneys, who contend that the new details are lawyer-induced embellishments...
...randomization also has many enemies among students, tutors and even House masters. Loss of student autonomy is one major complaint." The University treats us like adults when it comes to choosing concentrations," some students say, "but when it comes to where we want to live, the administration treats us like children." Another major complaint is the break-up of community that has come with randomization. Living with people like you creates a feeling of solidarity and strength that may not be available from other outlets. Moreover, in some Houses, enthusiasm for traditional House activities has waned--the Lowell House Opera...
...Jones now offers a more sinister version of the encounter. Building on her original complaint, she says Clinton tried to grope her crotch and then briefly blocked the door. Jones' lawyers may contend this week, for the first time, that such behavior amounts to assault. They will argue that the incident was "severe" enough--and that Clinton was powerful enough--to create a "hostile environment." Her lawyers will have a hard time finding cases that build a precedent for the single-incident theory, but it is embedded in the harassment guidelines of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission: "a single...