What Next: Five Years of #MeToo

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🗓️ 18 October 2022

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Five years after exposés in the New Yorker and New York Times, Harvey Weinstein is in jail—but a major rallying point of #MeToo was just how widespread this sexual harassment, abuse, and violence really is in workplaces across industries. Looking back, from the top of media to blue- and pink-collar work, how much has the #MeToo movement changed? Guest: Christina Cauterucci, senior writer at Slate. If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get benefits like zero ads on any Slate podcast, bonus episodes of shows like Slow Burn and Dear Prudence—and you’ll be supporting the work we do here on What Next. Sign up now at slate.com/whatnextplus to help support our work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:36.2	Earlier this year, President Joe Biden signed a bill that didn't attract too much fanfare.
0:42.2	Between half and three-quarters of all women report that they have faced some form of sexual
0:46.5	harassment in the workplace.
0:48.7	And too often they're denied a voice and a fair chance to do anything about it.
0:53.4	Today we send a clear and strong message that we stand with you for safety, dignity,
1:00.6	and for justice.
1:02.2	The bill banned the use of something called forced arbitration in sexual misconduct cases.
1:08.2	Basically, it means that now, if you experience harassment or assault in the workplace, you
1:13.9	can't be forced to work the problem out with a mediator instead of bringing a lawsuit.
1:19.6	In most news publications, the bill barely made a splash.
1:23.8	But for some activists, the bill represented the culmination of a long-held goal.
1:29.9	That was a me-to-bill that was specifically advocated for in the terms of that movement.
1:36.0	You know, it took five years or four and a half years for it to pass and be signed into
1:40.6	law.
1:41.6	But the movement is what got it there.
1:44.4	Christina Kateruchi is a senior writer at Slate, and she says that these days, it's hard
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