ims ▁the ▁right ▁to ▁seek ▁federal ▁damage ▁awards , ▁back ▁pay , ▁and ▁re inst at ement , ▁and ▁the ▁law ▁was ▁passed ▁by ▁Congress . ▁One ▁year ▁later , ▁har ass ment ▁compla ints ▁file d ▁with ▁the ▁E E OC ▁were ▁up ▁ 5 0 ▁percent ▁and ▁public ▁opinion ▁had ▁shift ed ▁in ▁Hill ' s ▁favor . ▁Private ▁companies ▁also ▁started ▁training ▁programs ▁to ▁d eter ▁sexual ▁har ass ment . ▁When ▁journalist ▁Cin ny ▁Kenn ard ▁asked ▁Hill ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 1 ▁if ▁she ▁would ▁test ify ▁against ▁Thomas ▁all ▁over ▁again , ▁Hill ▁answered , ▁" I ' m ▁not ▁sure ▁if ▁I ▁could ▁have ▁lived ▁with ▁myself ▁if ▁I ▁had ▁answered ▁those ▁questions ▁any ▁differently ." ▁ ▁The ▁manner ▁in ▁which ▁the ▁Senate ▁Jud ici ary ▁Committee ▁challeng ed ▁and ▁dismiss ed ▁Hill ' s ▁accus ations ▁of ▁sexual ▁har ass ment ▁anger ed ▁female ▁polit icians ▁and ▁law y ers . ▁According ▁to ▁D . C .   C ong r essional ▁De legate ▁Ele an or ▁Hol mes ▁N orton , ▁Hill ' s ▁treatment ▁by ▁the ▁panel ▁was ▁a ▁contrib uting ▁factor ▁to ▁the ▁large ▁number ▁of ▁women ▁elected ▁to ▁Congress ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 2 . ▁" W omen ▁clearly ▁went ▁to ▁the ▁pol ls ▁with ▁the ▁notion ▁in ▁mind ▁that ▁you ▁had ▁to ▁have ▁more ▁women ▁in ▁Congress ," ▁she ▁said . ▁In ▁their ▁anth ology , ▁All ▁the ▁Women ▁Are ▁White , ▁All ▁the ▁Black s ▁Are ▁Men