A demonstrator chants slogans as activists stage a protest in central Istanbul to denounce violence against women in Turkey on Nov. 25, 2020.
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In 2020, the #MeToo movement caused ripples in Turkey and Iran, renewing attention to gender-based violence and sexual assault.
Teaching assistants often remain silent when sexual harassment comes from the students they teach.
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Sexual harassment on campus often casts students as targets of their instructors. Researchers have found that it happens the other way around, too.
Maids, who invariably lived with their employers, were especially vulnerable.
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An ex-minister named John Lyford arrived at the nascent colony hoping for a fresh start. But he couldn’t escape his past.
Jennifer Aniston and Steve Carell are both nominated for 2020 Emmy awards in their respective roles as Alex Levy and Mitch Kessler in Apple TV+‘s 'The Morning Show.’
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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.
A Nigerian newspaper stand. A survey found sexism rife in newsrooms in several countries.
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Eradicating sexism in newsrooms will benefit both men and women.
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We have strong sexual harassment laws on paper. But there is too much emphasis on victims coming forward and making a complaint.
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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.
Protesters attended Harvey Weinstein’s first day of trial.
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Harvey Weinstein’s conviction isn’t the norm for perpetrators of sexual violence.
Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein (centre) has been convicted of rape in the third degree and a criminal sex act in the first degree.
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Achieving justice in response to sexual violence is complex, and we should treat the Weinstein conviction with some caution.
Thousands of Americans, including James Kretschmer, say they experienced sexual abuse as Boy Scouts.
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This reorganization may provide roadmaps for other nonprofits to follow if they face abuse allegations in the #MeToo era.
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The film misses an opportunity to highlight the broader problems of inequality and discrimination in the media.
‘Small Game Hunting at the Local Coward Gun Club,’ is an extraordinary debut novel set on Valentine’s Day in St. John’s during a blizzard.
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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.
Don’t worry, an innocuous chat by the water cooler won’t get you fired.
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The backlash has given way to a simmering male anxiety that an innocuous comment could lead to a sexual harassment accusation.
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When you play ‘devil’s advocate’, you minimise the problem.
A 19-year-old first-year student from Promoting Opportunities for Women in Engineering at McGill addresses Grade 11 students in 2017 in Montréal. Progress has been made to encourage more women to study STEM since the Montréal Massacre in 1989.
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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.
There’s power in numbers.
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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.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi poses with Rep. Katie Hill and her husband, Kenny Heslep, in January 2019.
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Just as domestic violence was once misunderstood and tolerated, many today fail to grasp how nude photographs can be wielded as weapons of abuse.
More workplaces are banning employee relationships.
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Bosses tend to be oblivious to the power dynamics at play in such romantic entanglements.
In Australia, the interplay between government and Indigenous peoples frequently feels similar to an abusive and controlling relationship.
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If the representations we see of black women in Australia only focus on disadvantage and deficit – not success and excellence – how do we expect power imbalances and stereotypes to change?
Anti-#MeToo sentiments were so common in this author’s story she decided to write about it.
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A feminist scholar wrote about her online dating experiences. She wasn’t expecting the avalanche of negative anti-feminist comments.