FertilityIQ’s survey also indicates some companies implicated by the #MeToo movement improved their fertility benefits in 2018.
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Terry Crews and sexual violence survivors narrate moving #MeToo videos
Four deeply moving videos released by the #MeToo movement were screened at the Sundance Film Festival on Saturday, with one voiced by actor Terry Crews.
Crews came forward with his own story as a survivor of sexual assault in 2017, in the wake of…
New allegations against Bryan Singer include sexually assaulting 13-year-old on film set
X-Men director Bryan Singer has been accused of sexually assaulting a 13-year-old boy on the set of the 1998 movie Apt Pupil, per a lengthy article published in The Atlantic on Wednesday.
The report outlines new allegations against Singer by a total …
The approach to filming sex scenes in ‘Sex Education’ marks a new chapter for the teen genre
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Hollywood’s #MeToo reckoning not only shone a light on the industry’s toxic culture of predation and sexual violence. It also underscored the critical need for an overhaul of the way sex and consent are portrayed on our screens, and a major change in the way cast and crew members are treated on and off set.
In Netflix’s new teen comedy Sex Education, that change is palpable in the way the writers’ tackle the topic of sex, but also in how sex scenes were filmed.
Netflix hired an “intimacy coordinator” to ensure both cast and crew felt comfortable when filming sex scenes and responsible for making sure actors agreed to be touched during intimate scenes. Read more…
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View More The approach to filming sex scenes in ‘Sex Education’ marks a new chapter for the teen genreWe have a lot to learn from Megan Fox’s #MeToo comments
There’s a lot to celebrate about the voices amplified by #MeToo. There’s also a lot to learn from the voices who still feel uninvited to speak or unheard when they do.
In a new interview with the New York Times, former Transformers star Megan Fox add…
Facebook ends forced arbitration for sexual misconduct claims after Google
Change, inspired by the #MeToo movement, appears to be contagious.
Facebook will suspend its policy of forcing employees to present sexual misconduct claims at a secret legal proceeding known as arbitration, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday. N…
Google announces changes to sexual misconduct procedures
Google can apparently still live by “Don’t be evil” when it wants to.
In an email sent to employees Thursday, Google CEO Sundar Pichai said that Google was making changes to the way that it handled sexual misconduct complaints. The new policies are t…
‘Will and Grace’ takes on the not-so-innocent bystanders in #MeToo episode
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In December of last year, two months after the Harvey Weinstein exposé, Matt Damon made the point that “one thing that’s not being talked about is there are a whole s—load of guys […] who don’t do this kind of thing and whose lives aren’t going to be affected.”
His comments were swiftly derided, because no one deserves a pat on the back simply for refraining from abusing someone.
Perhaps, though, in an odd sort of way, he did have a point. What about the guys “who don’t do this kind of thing” – all the well-meaning folks who are neither victim nor perpetrator? How are they part of this narrative? What role do they have to play? Read more…
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As other offices storm the streets, Google’s LA protest is quiet and sequestered
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Is it really a walkout if you barely… walk out?
Google offices around the world protested sexual harassment and workplace discrimination at the company on Thursday. But in Los Angeles — a center of the #MeToo movement, thanks to Hollywood — Googlers staged a more staid, internal affair than the rabble-rousing actions of their co-workers worldwide.
SEE ALSO: Report: Google paid Android creator Andy Rubin a ton of cash following sexual misconduct allegations
The protests came in the wake of the New York Times report of Android creator Andy Rubin’s 2014 departure from the company due to a hushed up sexual harassment allegation — and his $90 million exit package. Read more…
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San Francisco Google employees walk out in protest of sexual harassment
On an unusually warm Nov. 1 morning in San Francisco, scores of Google employees walked out of their downtown office in protest.
The staged walkout had come together quickly, and followed the Oct. 25 news that Google execs paid Android creator …
Big money and legal battles are silencing #MeToo stories. The internet has the power to burst the dam.
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A British billionaire tycoon flexed the might of his £2 billion wealth by attempting to block a national newspaper from publishing allegations of “sexual harassment and racial abuse of staff.”
Philip Green — the owner of Topshop — spent £500,000 on legal fees to obtain an interim injunction from the Court of Appeal preventing The Telegraph from naming him. Just 50 hours after the ruling, parliament intervened. It took 28 seconds for Lord Hain — a peer in the House of Lords — to name the alleged man at the centre of the scandal. Green has “categorically and wholly” denied the allegations.
This story raised questions about the weaponisation of NDAs and injunctions in the #MeToo movement — and the efficacy of such legal tools in the internet and social media age. Read more…
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View More Big money and legal battles are silencing #MeToo stories. The internet has the power to burst the dam.Y Combinator survey confirms what we already know — female founders are too often victims of sexual harassment
Y Combinator partnered with Callisto, a sexual misconduct reporting software built for victims, to survey its roster of female founders.
View More Y Combinator survey confirms what we already know — female founders are too often victims of sexual harassment