The MeToo movement first got its legs in 2017, after the Harvey Weinstein case encouraged millions of women to come forward with rape and sexual assault allegations. These brave women not only encouraged further Weinstein victims to come forward, but a wave of victims – men and women – across the world to name and shame their attackers.
However, for men in powerful positions who had spent years getting away with this exploitative behaviour, fear and outrage took hold. One surprising development was the increase in lawsuits citing defamation of character. These suits blamed women who came forward via social […]The post Do These Defamation Cases Show the MeToo Movement Has Gone too Far? appeared first on Ms. Career Girl.