Citation

Gentile K. Stud. Gender Sex. 2018; 19(4): 241-245.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/15240657.2018.1531496

PMID

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Abstract

Women speaking out against sexual violence is nothing new, but institutions firing the male perpetrators or those accused signals a potential sea change. This essay was initially published as one of a series of blog posts written about #MeToo. This essay contains that post with the addition of thoughts about how we might integrate revelations in ways that create social change. This includes shifting from a focus on the guilty individual to the corrupt or at least culpable institution. In this light, more complex ideas of subjectivity that can disrupt human exceptionalism are key, as they can challenge White supremacist, heteropatriarchal responses to vulnerability and shame that seem to fuel much of the sexual (and other forms of) masculinized violence and the justifications for it.

Language: en