Introduction: Mapping the Emergence of #MeToo

Fileborn, Bianca; Loney-Howes, Rachel

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“…In 2017, longstanding efforts to end sexual violence reached a new level as the #MeToo movement hit the global stage. It was first initiated as a campaign against sexual violence and in solidarity with survivors by feminist activist and community organiser Tarana Burke in the United States in 2006 (Fileborn and Loney-Howes, 2019). It then rose to global prominence through social media in October 2017 when the actor Alyssa Milano encouraged women to say 'me too' if they had experienced some form of sexual violence in the wake of numerous allegations of sexual abuse being made against Harvey Weinstein in the US, and the hashtag became popularly used (Boyle, 2019;McKinney, 2019).…”

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Men’s Activism to End Violence Against Women

Westmarland¹,

Almqvist²,

Holmgren³

et al. 2021

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Using case studies from Europe and the UK, this book highlights those men who are taking action to eradicate violence against women. Examining the factors that support men to take a public stance, the authors also demonstrate what we can learn from their experiences to help build the movement to end violence against women. This important study will inform grassroots movements working to involve and engage men and boys in building gender equality.

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Men’s Activism to End Violence Against Women

Westmarland¹,

Almqvist²,

Holmgren³

et al. 2021

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Men’s Activism to End Violence Against Women

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Holmgren³

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List of figures vi Notes on authors vii Acknowledgements ix 1 The need for men's involvement 1 2 Becoming involved 27 3 Being involved 59 4 Getting more men involved 83 5 Conclusions: where next? References Index vi List of figures 1 Possible benefits of more men taking a public stance on violence against women 2 Possible risks of more men taking a public stance on violence against women 3 Factors most likely to encourage men to take a public stance on violence against women 4 Factors most likely to prevent men from taking a public stance on violence against women 5 The most important actions men can take to support women speaking out through campaigns such as #MeToo vii

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“…The global #MeToo movement is arguably one of the most profound 'moments' in anti-sexual violence activism in recent history (Boyle, 2019;Fileborn and Loney-Howes, 2019). Sparked in October 2017, this 'watershed' moment led to sustained media conversation about sexual that while hegemonic masculinity is culturally and historically variable, it remains normative through being the most honoured way of being a man in any given situation.…”

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“…The global #MeToo movement is arguably one of the most profound ‘moments’ in anti-sexual violence activism in recent history (Boyle, 2019; Fileborn and Loney-Howes, 2019). Sparked in October 2017, this ‘watershed’ moment led to sustained media conversation about sexual violence.…”

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“…Sparked in October 2017, this ‘watershed’ moment led to sustained media conversation about sexual violence. However, #MeToo has also been subjected to extensive critique, particularly as African American sexual violence advocate Tarana Burke coined the term ‘Me Too’ in 2006; however, it was not until a privileged white woman used the term in 2017 that it gained international recognition (Fileborn and Loney-Howes, 2019: 6). #MeToo also faced criticism for centering the experiences of cisgender women, with LGBTQIA+ people largely ignored or sidelined (Ison, 2019).…”

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Reporting on sexual violence ‘inside the closet’: Masculinity, homosexuality and #MeToo

Hindes

Fileborn

2020

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Media representation of sexual violence and sexual consent communication in cases involving queer people is an area that has been overwhelmingly overlooked by research thus far. Research looking at heterosexual instances of sexual violence has given us valuable insights into how (hetero)normative gender roles are constructed in news media, and how these work to excuse and minimise the actions of heterosexual men. But how does this change when at least one of the men involved is queer or homosexual and does not fit into the (hetero)normative gender role paradigm which is commonly used to excuse men’s sexually violent behaviours? This research examined three celebrity cases of alleged sexual violence from the #MeToo movement where the communication of sexual consent (or lack thereof) played a primary role in media reporting. This includes the heteronormative case of Aziz Ansari, and two cases involving homosexual men including Kevin Spacey and Tom Ballard. Our research found that with an absence of cultural intelligibility around queer sex and queer negotiations of consent, problematic and damaging stereotypes about homosexual ‘deviancy’ were instead used by news media in attempts to make sense of these cases. It ultimately found that in both the heterosexual and homosexual cases that news media reporting was overwhelmingly protecting and perpetuating norms of hegemonic masculinity, namely through legitimising any homosexual advance on a heterosexual man as violence, and any heterosexual male advance on a woman as non-violence.

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Introduction: Mapping the Emergence of #MeToo

Cited by 51 publications

References 6 publications

Men’s Activism to End Violence Against Women

Men’s Activism to End Violence Against Women

Men’s Activism to End Violence Against Women

Reporting on sexual violence ‘inside the closet’: Masculinity, homosexuality and #MeToo

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