Contents Series Foreword ix Chapter 1 Overview of the #MeToo Movement 1 Chapter 2 Landmark Events 9 Title VII of the Civil Rights Act Prohibits Sex Discrimination (1964) 9 Sexual Harassment Enters the Lexicon (1975) 13 The EEOC Issues Guidelines on Sexual Harassment (1980) 17 The U.S. Supreme Court Recognizes Sexual Harassment (1986) 21 The Clarence Thomas–Anita Hill Hearings (1991) 25 The Tailhook Convention Scandal (1991) 28 Employers Gain the Faragher–Ellerth Defense (1998) 34 Vance v. Ball State Narrows Employer Liability (2013) 37 The Presidential Campaign and Election of Donald Trump (2016) 41 The Women’s March on Washington (2017) 46 The Harvey Weinstein Scandal (2017) 50 Alyssa Milano’s #MeToo Tweet (2017) 53 Time Magazine Recognizes the “Silence Breakers” (2017) 57 Dr. Larry Nassar Is Convicted of Sexually Abusing Athletes (2018) 59 Launch of the Time’s Up Movement (2018) 64
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