sex scandals

Trump-Loving White Women are Protecting Matt Gaetz. History Tells Us Why

by Keisha N. Blain

While the allegations of potentially criminal sexual conduct by Rep. Matt Gaetz are shocking, it should not be shocking that conservative white women have closed ranks in support of the Congressman. 

The Closer You Look, the Worse it Gaetz

by Claire Potter

"It appears that Gaetz went to Washington to fight a culture war and stayed for the parties."

A president’s secret letters to another woman that he never wanted public

The Wilson-Peck drama of sex, favors and money is reminiscent of other White House scandals, including the current revelations about President Trump, women and payoffs.

With Emmett Till Reference, Camille Cosby Invokes Oft-Used Cultural Touchstone

“You’ve got apples and you have oranges and there’s nothing about either situation that is in alignment with the other,” said Ms. Gordon-Taylor, the head of the Mamie Till Mobley Memorial Foundation, named after Till’s mother.

What Americans Think About Presidential Scandals Like the Stormy Daniels Story Has Changed

But Not How You’d Expect

‘Colorado College’s Own Harvey Weinstein’

Investigation documents how an early president of the college harassed and assaulted numerous women. Board strips his name from two buildings and revokes his honorary degree.

UCLA historian Gabriel Piterberg is out for sexual harassment

Students have been demanding his ouster for 2 years.

AHA President Mary Beth Norton says ending sexual harassment is a high priority

by Mary Beth Norton

In a report to members she lays out the multi-pronged approach the organization is taking.

Writer Makes the Case for Impeaching Clarence Thomas

by Jill Abramson

With new evidence that Clarence Thomas lied to get onto the Supreme Court, it’s time to talk seriously about impeachment, argues Jill Abramson.

20 years since America’s shock over Clinton-Lewinsky affair, public discussions on sexual harassment are changing

Looking back, the Clinton-Lewinsky affair heralded a sea change in political discourse by normalizing public discussion of sex acts.

What a medieval love saga says about modern-day sexual harassment

by Lisa Bitel

One famous 12th-century saga involved a young philosopher, Abelard, and his teenage student Héloise. The story has many similarities with news of modern-day aggressors, with one major exception: None of today’s harassers has suffered medieval punishment.

New Fox Series: Bill Clinton's Scandals

The first seven-episode installment chronicles the events that ultimately led to the impeachment of President Bill Clinton during the 1990s.

Until 1975, ‘Sexual Harassment’ Was the Menace With No Name

Thanks to journalist-turned activist Lin Farley and the consciousness-raising efforts of the 1970s women’s movement, the newly coined term would not just help women give voice to their experiences: It would change U.S. law and life in the workplace.

Do Historians Have a Sexual Harassment Problem?

by Rick Shenkman

A survey by the Chronicle of Higher Ed implicates scores of historians. 

Liberals, make some distinctions

by Jonathan Zimmerman

‘Zero tolerance’ didn’t work in schools and it won’t work with sexual misconduct.

UC Berkeley settles sex harassment claim against Middle East scholar for $80,000

Nezar AlSayyad sexually harassed his former student but remains on the school payroll. 

The Father of Modern Libraries Was a Serial Sexual Harasser

Melvil Dewey is remembered today as an innovator who ushered American librarianship into the modern age, but his pattern of sexual harassment was so egregious that women dared to speak out against it, at a time when women were harshly judged for reporting sexual harassment.

We Have to Go Beyond Identifying and Punishing Individual Men

by Joan Wallach Scott

It’s the history of the oppression of women we have to contend with.

Columbia Professor Retires in Settlement of Sexual Harassment Lawsuit

Dr. William V. Harris, a renowned Greco-Roman historian, was accused of harassing grad students.

Why We Shouldn’t Let the #MeToo Movement Change History

by David Greenberg

Some argue Bill Clinton should have resigned over the Lewinsky scandal. They’re getting it all wrong.