In recent weeks, prominent members of the entertainment, political, and business worlds have been outed for inappropriate behavior toward women. The revelations were partially spurred by the growth of the #MeToo movement, which demands awareness and dialogue on sexual misconduct in American society. In an article for the Washington Post, Anne Blaschke, visiting assistant professor of history, says that #MeToo is “a reckoning for the victims of the 1990s and male baby boomers who have harassed them since their teens.
“It is women confronting the price tag — acquiescence to male dominance — men attached to access to equality, and finally challenging the core of men’s institutional power: sexual control,” Blaschke writes.
Read the full piece at The Washington Post.