France is looking to fine men for catcalling or aggressive behavior towards women in public. The proposals, which went under discussion this month, also include calls to extend the statute of limitations in cases of sexual assault from 20 to 30 years, and wishes to create a new age limit under which minors cannot legally consent to a sexual relationship. The government plans to...
The number of tweets, Facebook statuses and Tumblr blogs posts using the #MeToo hashtag to give accounts of sexual harassment, violence and abuse is depressing and shocking. But it's not surprising. Anybody who has been paying attention to the sexual abuse scandals in a terrifying mix of apparently respected institutions, from the Catholic Church to the Weinstein Company, will know that abuse isn't confined...
