The latter half of 2017 saw TheNew York Times break the Harvey Weinstein scandal and the movie titan’s subsequent fall. Since then, victims have brought forth a seemingly endless barrage of allegations against numerous high-profile, and very powerful, men and women within Hollywood, politics, the media, and other industries.
This movement has helped to purge organizations of longstanding sexual predators and has also ignited a fervent interest in changing the workplace cultures that have allowed such abuse to go on for so long. In addition, the recently trending #metoo and #timesup social media campaigns have served as reminders of the ubiquity of sexual harassment for all women and men, even those in less high-profile industries, as well as urgent calls to action.