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CRIMINAL JUSTICE FOR SURVIVORS: LESSONS FROM ONLINE REPORTING
Deborah Tuerkheimer* In Online Shaming and the Power of Informal Justice,[1] Hadar Dancig-Rosenberg and Anat Peleg examine a dynamic that has become ubiquitous since #MeToo sparked a global reckoning with sexual abuse.[2] Notwithstanding several high profile instances of both criminal[3] and civil[4] accountability, the #MeToo movement—as reflected in the hashtag—has been largely driven by the […]
Strategic Communications for Promoting School Sex Education Reform in Massachusetts to Combat Gender-Based Violence and Toxic Masculinity
By Harry Chiu **** H.673/S.318, “An Act Relative to Healthy Youth,” is a proposed Massachusetts bill that aims to reform sex education in K-12 schools. Based on current research in gender-based violence prevention in schools, this bill would be an impactful and positive step toward reducing gender-based violence in schools and promoting healthier gender identities […]
FAILING TO RECOGNIZE OBJECTIFICATION AND SEXUALIZATION OF WOMEN AS SYSTEMIC DISCRIMINATION: WORKPLACE HARASSMENT REFORMS IN AUSTRALIA
by Sandra Amankaviciute and Monika Zalnieriute “Small Breasts, Huge Thighs and a Big Red Box.” No, this sexualized description is not of an X-rated video, but of Australia’s first female Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, made while she was in office in 2013. And it is not an anonymous troll tweet, but a menu displayed […]