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The #MeToo campaign leader using the Epstein scandal to champion victims: ‘The survivors are the heroes’

Gretchen Carlson is determined to keep survivors firmly at the centre of the public debate around the late sex trafficker

The swirling political drama around the late sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein and his jailed accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell, and the mixed verdicts in recent Harvey Weinstein and Sean “Diddy” Combs trials, have raised questions around the health of the #MeToo social movement and its emphasis on raising awareness about sexual harassment.

There are fears of a backlash to the testimonies and experiences of victims and survivors of sexual violence and a lessening of the will to hold perpetrators to account. Continue reading…
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