In spite of the gains of MeToo, it’s still a man’s world
BY DEADLINE, we didn’t yet know whether the testimony of Dr. Christine Blasey Ford before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee would result in Brett Kavanaugh losing support for his confirmation to the Supreme Court.
It’s a watershed moment for the MeToo movement, in which sexual assault survivors are making their experiences public.
MeToo has resulted in severe social and career consequences for assailants, many of whom have already decried that due process has been abandoned.
The latest to make that argument was Kavanaugh himself, in a fuming, vitriolic rebuttal to the judiciary committee Thursday.