The year after Clarence Thomas was sworn in, there was a huge uptick in the claims of sexual harassment that were filed with the Equal Opportunity Commission, said Caren Goldberg, an American University Human Resources professor.
But many cases still go unreported or unresolved says Human Resources professor Caren Goldberg.
White collar [professional], blue collar [working class], less well educated, highly educated, its pretty much across the board, she said.
Goldberg says a bad economy and the small financial returns from the average sexual harassment settlement discourage people from taking legal action and risking their jobs.
In the military especially, fear of risking ones career and a reluctance to question authority create a code of silence surrounding cases of sexual harassment and assault.
Kirby Dicks documentary, The Invisible War, pulls open the curtain on the rise in reported rape cases in the military. Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter spoke about it in an interview with .
In the year 2012, which is the last one we knew, they had 26,000 cases of sexual abuse in the military, he said, and only about 300 were ever brought to justice.
For filmmaker Mock, Anita serves as a reminder of how far society has come.
We have a lot more knowledge today and understanding of what sexual harassment is, she said. And people of goodwill who say, This is not right.
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