The fight to make sexual harassment a crime
The story of a landmark ruling for women's rights in the United States.
Witness History · BBC World Service
March 17, 20209m 10s
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Show Notes
In 1986, the US Supreme Court heard a landmark case which would define sexual harassment as a crime in America. The lawsuit, brought by bank clerk Mechelle Vinson, established that abuse in the workplace was a breach of civil rights. It was built on pioneering legal scholarship by feminist lawyer Catharine MacKinnon, who talks to Sharon Hemans.
PHOTO: Mechelle Vinson in 1986 (Getty Images)