It has become a witch hunt by a bunch of third-wave feminists who want to rid the world of men.”That thinking is upside down. It fuels a wrongheaded backlash to the long-overdue reckoning on sexual harassment. And it misunderstands how sexual harassment allegations often first become known to the public. McTaggart said the allegations included requests for sexual contact and descriptions of unwanted sexual touching. As Martin told me: “Given all we’ve learned, it’s willfully blind to assert that the conclusion should be ‘we’re taking sexual harassment too seriously.’ ”What journalism has revealed over the past few months — clearly and undeniably — is that workplace sexual harassment was hidden for years, that harassers largely have been protected, and that those who complain have been the ones to be punished.

Source: Washington Post January 28, 2018 21:00 UTC