... harassment under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Title VII prohibits employment discrimination on the bases of sex, color, or origin. Still, the public remained almost blind to the subject, until 1991, when the Senate Judiciary Committee held hearings on Anita Hill's charges against Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas. In 1992, one year after the Anita Hill-Clarence Thomas case, the number of sexual harassment complaints filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, was 50% higher than in 1991. Until 1991, sexual harassment victims found little remedy in the Justice System for the suffering that they endured. Title VII only entitled them to compensation for lost wages. Nothing was provided to them for pain and suffering. Furthermore, they were subject to repeated harassment upon their return to the workplace. In 1991, because of the need to strengthen the laws for sexual harassment under Title VII, Congress amended the Civil Rights Act. Sexual harassment victims can ...

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