After studying this #MeToo problem for years, two researchers have drafted a toolkit to help nonprofits address it.
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Companies are increasingly taking a stand on social and political issues, but they risk alienating customers in the process. Are other brands learning how to benefit from the backlash?
Laurie Penny’s new book Sexual Revolution offers a muddled perspective on this moment of profound cultural change, in contrast to Australian journalist Amy Remeikis’ powerful new work.
The popularity of hashtags like #MeToo speaks to society’s increasing embrace of important issues like sexual assault and harassment
The struggle against sexual harassment and sexual assault at Ontario universities goes back to the 1970s.
Family courts’ hostility – both in the US and abroad – toward claims of paternal or spousal abuse has been widely reported. Now there’s an in-depth study that documents that hostility.
What happens when a Chinese #MeToo moment meets authoritarian legality?
Even after the #MeToo movement hit its stride, support for these organizations still made up only a sliver of all charitable donations in 2018.
CEOs in private industry who have been accused of sexual harassment can cost their companies if they do as New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo did and fight the charges.
The gaming industry is plagued by accusations of discrimination and harassment. Companies must realize that a commitment to equity and diversity on paper is worthless without real action and change.
Four scholars who study the role witnesses play in helping and protecting harassers say the role played by many in Cuomo’s office fit a pattern of silence, complicity and intimidation.
‘Local, organic, sustainable’ are common buzzwords on US restaurant menus now, but it wasn’t always that way. Alice Waters and her restaurant, Chez Panisse, helped put them there.
A single Tweet the day before she took over as dean of the College of Fine Arts at Howard University has led to calls for Phylicia Rashad’s ouster. A scholar on college deans weighs in on what’s next.
The Marvel Cinematic Universe is becoming increasingly diverse, on and off screen. The franchise’s continued success depends on remaining culturally relevant.
Spurred by the impetus of the #MeToo movement, South Africa’s is the latest film and TV industry to introduce intimacy protocols to guide how intimate scenes are conceived and executed.
A viral TikTok video is helping girls bear witness to the harassment they experience at school.
As women around the world call out sexual misconduct, the role of men in rooting out misogyny needs to be considered
The concept that journalists should be objective is outdated and impossible. Instead, good reporters use life experiences to ask fresh questions.
Simply including more women at organizations without addressing underlying power structures and practices does little good. Representation isn’t synonymous with change.
Her 1975 novel demonstrated a far more radical feminism than was common in Africa and the Arab world – a precursor of the #MenAreTrash anger of today.
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Associate Professor of Law, University of Oregon
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Lecturer in Criminology, University of Wollongong
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Visiting Research Fellow University of Chester, University of Chester
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Lecturer in Journalism, City, University of London
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Senior Lecturer in Criminology, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Film and Screen Studies, University of Portsmouth
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Senior Lecturer, School of Humanities and Social Science, University of Newcastle
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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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Assistant Professor of Sociology, Clemson University
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Professor of English Private Law; Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Education, University of Cambridge
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Alka Kurian is a Friend of The Conversation.
Associate Teaching Professor, School of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences, University of Washington, Bothell
