The #MeToo Movement isn’t as simple as you think

Published December 23, 2017 5:01am ET



As convenient as it might be for a movement as powerful as #MeToo to be simple, it, like humanity, is more nuanced and complex.

The primary thing the #MeToo movement has created is an awareness and disciplinary action of men in positions of power who, often in secret, harassed, assaulted, and raped women who were, in their minds, beneath them. This is progress, upending decades of secrecy, shame, and abuse these particular women have endured.

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