What do you think of the "Me Too" movement?

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I think it’s about time that we have a frank discussion about consent. men shouldn’t pressure women at all. I think the movement is great and I’m saying that as a man
 
I think it’s helping to reveal an important issue and show how widespread it is. It actually seems to be making a difference.
 
It’s become a lynch mob. Everyone is being accused. The men who are innocent need to fight back so that women know they can’t just go around accusing them of things they haven’t done.

The women who truly do have a case should’ve reported it at the time and gotten something done about it then instead of waiting so long.
 
I disagree. First, there is an issue that is something like the priest sex abuse scandal. Today if a child says a priest has done something sketchy, people will believe it. Not that long ago the child would have been accused of lying. Women are in the same position. Today people are more likely to take their claims seriously compared to a few years ago.

Second, today people know where and how to report harassment. That wasn’t true a few years ago. I remember when I was young and working in one of my first jobs, I had a boss who told dirty jokes and tried to tell me about his sex life. I had never been exposed to that kind of thing and honestly didn’t know what to do other than not laughing at the jokes or responding to the conversations. The only solution I could see was to find another job which I did as soon as possible. If a young woman were in that situation today I hope she would know that she could at least publicize what a jerk the guy was being and get some assistance that way.
 
I think it is about time and badly needed. The number of accusations tell us how pervasive sexual abuse is in our culture.
 
I feel for the victims. Nobody deserves to be stripped of their dignity that way.

That being said, Hollywood should have seen this coming. They sexualized culture and pushed for the destruction of intrinsic human dignity. Now, they’re reaping what they have sown.
 
That is true of Hollywood but also the rest of our patriarchal civilization.
 
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Indeed. Stories are coming out about politicians and business executives. I work in a public university and by state law we have to complete annual training dealing with sexual harassment to protect both employees and students. It’s a power issue, not a sex issue. And people with power – mostly still men – .hold it over those without.
 
Mixed feelings. Don’t argue with powerful people who used their position and power to abuse women deserving what’s coming to them. But, this can easily devolve into a witch hunt against any and all men by women who can drag up some incident 20 or 30 years ago for personal gain. This can be another incident of seeing something from a 2018 perch that occurred in the 1970’s when the moral climate was vastly different than it is today.
 
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