Enough women were together able to surmount the barrier of skepticism this time. But what whether it had only been one woman?In recent days,as fallout from the Weinstein sexual abuse allegations spreads beyond Hollywood, a decidedly optimistic narrative has taken hold. This is a watershed moment – a tipping point that will advance to imprint a dramatic change in society’s treatment of sexual harassment and sexual assault in the movie industry and beyond.
It is understandable that this moment has taken on a collectively self-congratulatory cast. The swift and nearly universal condemnation of Weinstein following revelations in the New York Times and the New Yorker is undoubtedly a sign of progress, and mostly because the women who came forward were believed unlike countless others in the past.
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Source: guardian.co.uk