Everyone who worked in the neighborhood of former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence was familiar with the law he set for himself: He would never dine with women without his wife Karen in attendance. In a place closed or far from flesh and blood with women who are not his wife.but also could be, in the Metoo era he just wanted to narrow down opportunities for anyone looking for any stumble of celebrity or senior personality.and maybe just thought it was part of his loyalty coach to his wife.
Last week, it drew many responses to a post that called for women who employ babysitters to accompany her home - and not let her husband do it.
"Please, bring my daughter back home. I know beyond a shadow of a doubt that your husband is a great person, and yet, bring her back, for me, well?
Women and girls responded and testified to the sexual harassment they experienced at precisely this seam, of being escorted home by the father of the family.
Men were offended, and women mocked the offended men - "Get offended. It's less horrible than being raped" - and the story took on unexpected proportions.
Let's put things on the table: sexual harassment is one of the most complex issues in the world, and talking about it requires tons of sensitivity.
It is a painful issue, crossing sectors, populations, classes.
Sexual harassment is a behavior that was an almost accepted norm decades ago, and to our delight is slowly (too slowly) becoming assigned due to disgust.
Too many women, and I among them, have experienced harassment from men in all sorts of situations.
For a large part of us, this encounter with evil and disgust has left a scar.
However, when I read Revital's post, and what they made of it, I felt ambivalent.
And also confusion.
Because I wonder what the totality of this statement - "Your husband is great, but there is no room for mistakes" - does to humanity?
What does the locking of the boys and men in the drawer of the "predator" and of the girls and women in the drawer of the "victim" do to human relations?
I'm not sure feminism picks up where this framing is leading us.
A 2019 study, about a year after the MeToo revolution, published in the Harvard Business Review, found that 19 percent of men said they were not happy to employ "attractive" women, 21 percent did not want to employ women in positions involving extensive interactions with men (business travel, for example) , And 27 per cent of India avoided one-on-one meetings with female colleagues.
A flashlight is no longer alone.
Paradoxically, the result of the MeToo revolution may be the widespread adoption of conservative and religious views.
Uniqueness laws, for example, do require women to accompany the babysitter and prohibit a man from traveling at night alone with someone of the opposite sex.
Prohibiting touching between men and women who are not married is also a rule that may save not-so-simple situations.
There is a wonderful song in French, entitled: Woman is the future of man.
Is conservatism the future of feminism?
Were we wrong?
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