首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
Paula Jones’case against Bill Clinton is now, for all possible political consequences and capacity for media sensation, a fairy
Paula Jones’case against Bill Clinton is now, for all possible political consequences and capacity for media sensation, a fairy
admin
2010-04-28
44
问题
Paula Jones’case against Bill Clinton is now, for all possible political consequences and capacity for media sensation, a fairy routine lawsuit of its kind. It does, however, have enormous social significance. For those of us who care about sexual harassment, the matter of Jones v. Clinton is a great conundrum. Consider: if Jones, the former Arkansas state employee, proves her claims, then we must face the fact that we helped to elect someone--Bill Clinton--who has betrayed us on this vital issue. But if she is proved to be lying, then we must accept that we pushed onto the public agenda an issue that is venerable to manipulation by alleged victims. The skeptics will use Jones case to cast doubt on the whole cause.
Still, Ms Jones deserves the chance to prove her case; she has a right to pursue this claim and have the process work. It will be difficult: these kinds of cases usually are, and Ms. Jones task of suing a sitting president is harder than most.
She does have one thing sitting on her side: her case is in the courts. Sexual-harassment claims are really about violations of the alleged victims civil rights, and there is no better from for determining and assessing those violations--and finding the truth--than federal court. The judicial system can put aside political to decide these complicated issues. That is a feat that neither the Senate Judicial nor ethics commit-tees have been able to accomplish--witness the Clarence-Thomas and Bob Packwood affairs. One lesson: the legal arena, not the political one, is the place to settle these sensitive problems.
Some have argued that the people (the "feminists") who rallied around me have failed to support Jones. Our situations, however, are quite different. In 1991 the country was in the middle of a public de-bate over whether Clarence Thomas should be confirmed to the Supreme Court. Throughout that summer, interest groups on both sides weighed in on his nomination. It was a public forum that invited a public conversation. But a pending civil action--even one against the president--does not generally invite that kind of public engagement.
Most of the public seems content to let the process move forward. And given the conundrum, am created by the claim, it is no wonder that many ("feminists" included) have been slow to jump into the Jones-Clinton fray. But people from all works of life remain open to her suit. We don’t yet know which outcome we must confront: the president who betrayed the issue or the woman who used it. Whichever it is, we should continue to pursue sexual harassment with the same kind of energy and interest in eliminating the problem that we have in the past, regardless of who is the accused or the accuser. The statistics show that about 40 percent of women in the work force will encounter some form of harassment. We can’t afford to abandon this issue now.
According to the passage, the Paula Jones’ case was ______.
选项
A、nothing important.
B、very significant.
C、doubtful.
D、vulnerable.
答案
B
解析
可参看原文:“It does,however,have enormous social significance.”
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/DuqO777K
0
专业英语八级
相关试题推荐
Ourcommonconceptsof"soundness"or"goodhealth"arefarfromtherealcriteriaofhealth.Inrecentyears,someexpertshave
ThemostwidelydiscussedalternativetothetraditionalcampusistheInternetUniversity—avoluntarycommunitytoscholars/tea
ThemostwidelydiscussedalternativetothetraditionalcampusistheInternetUniversity—avoluntarycommunitytoscholars/tea
Asapopularsayinggoes:"【C1】______"Goodhealthenablesoneto【C2】______andachievewhathe【C3】______.Withgoodhealthweca
A、Theagriculturaltrendsofthe1950s.B、Theemploymentratein1955.C、Theeconomicsituationinthe1950s.D、Thegovernmentp
A、Collectinginformationaboutthebacteria.B、Workingonacattleranch.C、Writingapaperaboutextinctanimals.D、Analyzingb
A、Whenshehadjustturnedten.B、Aftershefinishedsecondaryschool.C、Whenshewastwelve.D、Whenshewasattheprimaryscho
TheEnglishpoetSamuelTaylorColeridgesaidthatwatchingEdmundKean,thegreattragedianoftheLondonstage200yearsago,
TheEnglishpoetSamuelTaylorColeridgesaidthatwatchingEdmundKean,thegreattragedianoftheLondonstage200yearsago,
Itwasreportedinthepresssometimeagothatafewsecond-andthird-yearstudentsinaprovincialuniversitydecidedtotry
随机试题
常用抗过敏(抗组胺)药是()。
当生产环境中职业性有害因素超过一定范围时,其主要特异性危害作用是
A.相乘B.相侮C.相克D.母病及子E.子病及母在五行的生克乘侮关系中,脾病传肾属于
《大清新刑律》的特点不包括:()
我国水准测量按精度分为()个等级。
证券成交速度快,说明其流动性很好。()
为了与电子书抗衡,传统出版商不断提升纸质书的整体质量,从内容选择到价值定位.再到装帧设计甚至赠送的礼品.每一项都力求做到尽善尽美。这就使得图书制作整体趋向高端.制作精美、权威性高、兼具收藏价值和学术价值的图书不断涌现。因此,有业内人士提出,________
______是在西方的经济学中最有名的关于人性的假设。
=__________.
设∑是z=x2+y2被平面z=1所割下的有限部分,则=________。
最新回复
(
0
)