The backlash against sexual harassment and assault of women in Mexico was slow to get started, but thanks to a Twitter campaign, women in all professions are now beginning to speak out.
Articles on #MeToo
Displaying 121 - 140 of 299 articles
Several women recently came forward to complain about “inappropriate conduct” by Joe Biden. Even in the #MeToo age, the allegations appear to have little impact on Biden’s status as the front-runner.
A WA police officer was recently found not guilty of indecent assault after pinching a woman’s backside, because he did it for laughs.
How do you express, feel, communicate, and embody your sexual desires and pleasures in the prevailing social climate?
From the French Revolution to #MeToo, social movements often burst into the mainstream with what seems like little warning. Cass Sunstein explains why.
Many Renaissance-era masterworks depicted rape and sexual assault as erotic. Beginning in the 1970s, artists worked to redefine rape as a crime of aggression and act of female subjugation.
A brutal rape at Pamplona’s 2016 running of the bulls outraged Spain. Then came #MeToo. With ever more Spaniards taking up the feminist mantle, schools – many of which are not coed – lag behind.
A combination of a deep-rooted patriarchal culture, conservative religious values and gender-insensitive law enforcement practices still deters Indonesian women from reporting rape.
Progress on gender equity is harder to achieve, in part because of a belief on the part of some men that women have come too far too soon.
Last year, the word ‘intersectionality’ hit the mainstream at the Golden Globes as actors attempted to raise awareness for #MeToo and #TimesUp. But what exactly does intersectionality mean?
The #MeToo movement brought to light the extent of sexual violence in the community, largely through the media. But there is still a long way to go to overturn stereotypes and shut down online abuse.
The film’s release has been timed for IWD, but powerful female action heroes should now be an everyday matter for movie producers.
Women in countries such as India, Pakistan and others have long organized campaigns against sexual violence – many of which have resulted in stronger laws in these countries.
The visibility of #MeToo makes it easy to overlook the very powerful campaigns against sexual violence in Africa.
Sexual abuse in the music industry is a systemic, ongoing problem that won’t be resolved by just hacking away at the canon.
In our competitive and underfunded arts sector, power relationships are ever present. To address power imbalances, major structural change is needed.
Recent media reports point to years of sexual abuse by Southern Baptist pastors. An expert writes why a long culture of women’s submission is responsible for this crisis.
A new Canadian law introduced as a nod to #MeToo, meant to protect sexual assault complainants, will have limited impact because it fails to consider how sexist judges and lawyers interpret laws.
Workers are increasingly not keeping their employers’ secrets secret, as evidenced by the mass whistleblower event that is the #MeToo movement.
Joe Orton’s final play, a savage parody of social attitudes to sexual coercion, could have been written for the #MeToo generation.
Top contributors
-
Professor of Law, University of Oregon
-
Associate Professor, School of Humanities and Languages, UNSW
-
Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
-
Lecturer in Journalism, City St George's, University of London
-
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Brock University
-
Commissioning Editor, Health + Medicine and Host of Strange Health podcast, The Conversation
-
Senior Lecturer in Criminology, University of Wollongong
-
Associate Teaching Professor, School of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences, University of Washington, Bothell
-
Professor of Political Science and Chair of the South African Research Initiative in Gender Politics, Stellenbosch University
-
Professor of Family and Sexual Violence, RMIT University
-
Senior Lecturer, School of Humanities and Social Science, University of Newcastle
-
Associate Professor of Sociology, Clemson University
-
SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow in English and Cultural Studies, McMaster University
-
Professor of Law, Cardozo Law School, Yeshiva University
-
Professor of English Private Law; Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Education, University of Cambridge