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Workplaces need safe spaces to facilitate discussion about issues that are difficult, awkward and shameful to engage with. Alessandro Valli/Flickr

Email culture to blame for workplace failure on #MeToo

Workplace reactions to #MeToo risk exacerbating the problem. What’s needed are more face-to-face conversations, no matter how awkward they may be.
Sharing experiences of #MeToo can open the flood gates for online abuse and physical threats. from www.shutterstock.com

#MeToo must also tackle online abuse

Today’s workplaces extend beyond physical spaces, so movements like #metoo must trigger change in how we behave online.
State curricula articulate principles of respect and ethics in relationships, but some don’t use the word ‘consent’. from shutterstock.com

How #MeToo can guide sex education in schools

The #MeToo movement has sparked discussions about appropriate sexual behaviour that teachers can build on in sexual education.
In a 2016 ABS survey, one in two women reported having experienced sexual harassment, but 90% of them did not contact the police. Cindy Zhi/The Conversation NY-BD-CC

#MeToo exposes legal failures, but ‘trial by Twitter’ isn’t one of them

Critics say that #MeToo has turned the legal principle of innocent until proven guilty on its head, but such comments privilege the rights of perpetrators over justice for victims.

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