Will Herman Cain's Fourth Accuser Wake Voters Up to the Reality of Sexual Harassment?

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The Nation - The Nation -- google.load("jquery", "1.4.2"); google.load("swfobject", "2.2"); var nlJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://" : "http://") + "www.newslook.com"; document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + nlJsHost + "/javascripts/player_embed.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + nlJsHost + "/javascripts/syndication/v2/syndication.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); document.write(unescape("%3Clink type='text/css' rel='stylesheet' media='all' href='" + nlJsHost + "/stylesheets/syndication/v2/syndication.css' /%3E")); _nl_syndicate('#newlook-widget1320703570931721', 'jQuery', "/videos/369100-fourth-woman-accuses-cain-of-sexual-harassment.json?feed_user_id=86&preview_hashlike_metadata%5Bwidth%5D=600", null, null, {"width":"600"}, { tvn_portal: false}); The sexual harassment allegations against Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain have been on a low boil since Politico first reported that at least two women complained to senior staff at the National Restaurant Association that Cain had behaved inappropriately towards them in the workplace. But, with the accusers bound by confidentiality agreements, details were not forthcoming, and pundits and politicians on the right were free to run with “gender harassment denialism,” as Dahlia Lithwick put it: dismissing the claims as they cast sexual harassment as a “mass delusion of hyper-sensitive ladies.” If anything, the accusations motivated Cain’s supporters— he raised $2 million in the week after the allegations became public—and boosted his poll numbers—Cain is now tied with Romney as the frontrunner for the Republican nomination.

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