The logic of power in the Hill‐Thomas hearings: A rhetorical analysis

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The Hill‐Thomas hearings pit the logic of freedom against the logic of power. Members of the Senate Judiciary Committee and many observers assumed that potential victims of sexual harassment feel free to protest and to move beyond the reach of their assailants. Failure to exercise these freedoms casts doubt on their charges of victimization. Such an interpretation of events ignores the logic of power that paralyzes victims. Victims have learned that it is ultimately safer and more advantageous to tolerate abuse than to fight a losing battle against powerful individuals who are likely to prevail.

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