In 1886, a Victorian judge deplored the disregard given to women’s rights in cases of sexual slander. Today, women are still fighting to protect their reputations and tell their stories.
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Once, the way we viewed celebrities was framed by the legacy press and the entertainment industry. Now fans and social media are rewriting the script.
In the wake of high-profile allegations of sexual assault, it is important people know there are informal avenues for survivors to report their stories.
Musical and vocational training must move beyond making students ready for work — they must also be empowered to deal with an industry overdue for reform.
In 2020, the #MeToo movement caused ripples in Turkey and Iran, renewing attention to gender-based violence and sexual assault.
Sexual harassment on campus often casts students as targets of their instructors. Researchers have found that it happens the other way around, too.
An ex-minister named John Lyford arrived at the nascent colony hoping for a fresh start. But he couldn’t escape his past.
In depicting both the complex and ugly truths of work and personal relationships, ‘The Morning Show’ reveals why so much abuse has been tolerated and concealed.
Eradicating sexism in newsrooms will benefit both men and women.
We have strong sexual harassment laws on paper. But there is too much emphasis on victims coming forward and making a complaint.
An investigation commissioned by the High Court has found former judge Dyson Heydon sexually harassed six young female associates who worked for him when he was on the court.
Harvey Weinstein’s conviction isn’t the norm for perpetrators of sexual violence.
Achieving justice in response to sexual violence is complex, and we should treat the Weinstein conviction with some caution.
This reorganization may provide roadmaps for other nonprofits to follow if they face abuse allegations in the #MeToo era.
The film misses an opportunity to highlight the broader problems of inequality and discrimination in the media.
The novel is timely in light of the fact that, increasingly, readers are invited to consider what responsibilities they need to assume in the face of women’s disclosures about their life stories.
The backlash has given way to a simmering male anxiety that an innocuous comment could lead to a sexual harassment accusation.
When you play ‘devil’s advocate’, you minimise the problem.
Engineering is in a better place than in 1989. More women are studying the field, and academic administrators and managers want to hire female engineers. But more work is still needed.
Scholars say a ‘critical mass’ of representation is necessary to overcome ‘token’ status. That’s exactly what we saw at the Democratic debate in Atlanta.
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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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Associate Professor of Sociology, Clemson University
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