With mass shootings and sexual harassment reports on the rise, a psychologist reflects on how the evolving nature of male role models in the media may be contributing.
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A new campaign seeks to support all women affected by sexism, whether famous or not.
Research shows men and women interpret violence and bullying differently.
Kristen Roupenian’s Cat Person short story in the New Yorker about the perils of dating in the digital world is flawed – and brilliant as a result.
It began with a sex scandal. How else?
The important lessons from one of the most notorious cases of sexual manipulation took place not off-screen but right in front of the camera.
Time magazine named the #MeToo movement its ‘person’ of the year, highlighting the role companies and nondisclosure agreements play in keeping the victims of abuse silent.
In the wake of the #Metoo movement, and with the goal of transforming toxic masculinity into compassionate masculinity, we must create new spaces to listen to male victims of child abuse too.
Victims everywhere have lost their patience and their fear and are finding willing listeners. A question worth asking is: Why now?
Compared to how prevalent sexual harassment is, false claims are rare.
Is there something in the way theatre is organised that makes abuse of power so depressingly commonplace?
The question is less why women are speaking up and more why are they only now being heard?
Companies have long tended to protect rather than punish high-profile harassers. That may change as the #MeToo movement inspires more women to speak out.
A year ago UK universities introduced big changes in the way they deal with harassment. It was an important step, but there’s more to do.
Women clergy are still fighting a battle for acceptance in the church.
Thousands of women have shared their experiences of sexual abuse. But, unlike the consciousness raising activities of 1970s feminists, hashtag activism suffers in a space dominated by men.
The virgin martyrs were slaughtered to stop them speaking out, and yet their stories have prevailed.
Women’s voices have been seen as unwanted or untruthful, but the snowballing sexual assault revelations from the #MeToo campaign show that women must find their voices.
Women and girls used the #MeToo hashtag more than 12 million times on Facebook in one day in October. It marked the rise of a new feminist consciousness and solidarity.
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Professor of Law, University of Oregon
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Associate Professor, School of Humanities and Languages, UNSW
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Lecturer in Journalism, City St George's, University of London
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Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Brock University
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Commissioning Editor, Health + Medicine and Host of Strange Health podcast, The Conversation
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Senior Lecturer in Criminology, University of Wollongong
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Associate Teaching Professor, School of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences, University of Washington, Bothell
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Professor of Political Science and Chair of the South African Research Initiative in Gender Politics, Stellenbosch University
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Professor of Family and Sexual Violence, RMIT University
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Senior Lecturer, School of Humanities and Social Science, University of Newcastle
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Associate Professor of Sociology, Clemson University
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SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow in English and Cultural Studies, McMaster University
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Professor of Law, Cardozo Law School, Yeshiva University
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Professor of English Private Law; Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Education, University of Cambridge