Cover image for Reckoning : the epic battle against sexual abuse and harassment / Linda Hirshman.
TITLE:
Reckoning : the epic battle against sexual abuse and harassment / Linda Hirshman.
Publication Date:
2019
Publication Information:
Boston, Mass. : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt,
Physical Description:
xviii, 316 p.
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:
Linda Hirshman, acclaimed historian of social movements, delivers the story of the struggle leading up to #MeToo and beyond: from the first tales of workplace harassment percolating to the surface in the 1970s, to the Clinton/Lewinsky scandal--when liberal women largely forgave Clinton, giving men a free pass for two decades. Many liberals even resisted the movement to end rape on campus. And yet legal, political, and cultural efforts, often spearheaded by women of color, were quietly paving the way for the takedown of abusers and harassers. This book delivers the tale of a movement catching fire as pioneering women in the media exposed the Harvey Weinsteins of the world, women flooded the political landscape, and the walls of male privilege finally began to crack.
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781328566447