Deja Vu

Listening to the news revealing more details about the behavior that drove a teenage girl in a neighboring town to hang herself, I find myself reacting the same way as I did during the hearings for Clarence Thomas, when Anita Hill described his sexual harassment. Oh, you mean that isn't just normal boss behavior, school behavior? The sad fact is, both kinds of harassment have been standard operating procedure since time immemorial. Now we are bringing it to light and saying it is wrong. Will that change it? I don't know. I just wish Phoebe had been tougher, like me, and like all the others who survived the malicious talk and threats.