Sexual Harassment, Revisited

LANGUAGE ADVISORY: Please note that some of the language in this segment may not be suitable for young listeners or people who have been sexually harassed.

Since the news of disgraced Miramax co-founder Harvey Weinstein’s sexual harassment and assault of over 50 women, similar accusations have been lodged against men in Hollywood, journalism, the food industry, business and politics. The growing list suggests that we have begun a new era, where what was often dismissed as a regrettable occupational hazard, is finally being acknowledged as a crime.

Lin Farley, author of Sexual Shakedown; the Sexual Harassment of Women on the Job, has been fighting for this moment since the mid-1970s, when she first coined the term “sexual harassment.” She and Brooke discuss how this language helped catalyze a change in attitudes around sexual misconduct, and how far we still have to go.