"‘Don’t say that to me, don’t do that to me. I hate it.’ I armed my
daughters with these words to deal with harassment. Let’s no longer
mollify powerful men."
Worth reading for everyone who even has a thought about the #MeToo movement, from Barbara Kingsolver.
"Let’s be clear: no woman asks to live in a rape culture: we all want it over, yesterday. Mixed signals about female autonomy
won’t help bring it down, and neither will asking nicely. Nothing
changes until truly powerful offenders start to fall. Feminine instincts
for sweetness and apology have no skin in this game...Watching the election of a predator-in-chief seems to have popped the
lid off the can. We’ve found a voice, and now is a good time to use it,
in a tone that will not be mistaken for flirtation."
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jan/16/metoo-women-daughters-harassment-powerful-men?CMP=share_btn_fb
