A commentary published this week in the New England Journal of Medicine suggests that very same hashtag is also creating a "culture of fear" in academic medicine, scaring off men from mentoring women. The #MeToo movement really took off a year ago, when the New York Times published its investigation into the movie mogul. She was not involved in the current commentary, but she studied the gender gap in teaching hospitals and wrote an editorial on the #MeToo movement in medicine this year. \"I think that the #MeToo movement has raised more awareness of this and people have talked about it a little bit more." "And I think the #MeToo movement has highlighted that."

Source: CBC News October 08, 2018 07:52 UTC