How the #MeToo Movement Harmed (and Continues to Harm) Women
Commentary
Like inflation, the effects of the #MeToo movement will be felt for years to come. The author and public speaker Margaret J. Wheatley once said that without reflection, “we go blindly on our way, creating more unintended consequences, and failing to achieve anything useful.”
She wasn’t talking about the #MeToo movement, but you would be forgiven for thinking otherwise. What started off as a valiant attempt to address sexual harassment in the workplace quickly morphed into something truly insidious. It all started with a seemingly innocuous tweet from American actress Alyssa Milano. “If all the women who have been sexually harassed or assaulted wrote ‘Me too’ as a status,” she suggested, “we might give people a sense of the magnitude of the problem.” The rest, as they say, is sordid history….