Complaints of sexual harassment in California nearly doubled in the first three months of 2018, while New York state has seen a 60% increase since the Harvey Weinstein scandal broke last fall.
The data are the first clear indication of a “Weinstein effect” on sexual harassment claims. Following the revelations in October, harassment victims have come forward to expose powerful men in media, politics, and other high-profile walks of life. But it has remained a trickier question whether the #MeToo movement would have an effect on workplaces in general, in the same way that the Anita Hill allegations did more than 25 years ago.
At the federal level, harassment complaints have been declining for more than a decade, so an increase would be a sharp break from the trend. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission releases its claims data annually, and has not yet reported statistics on the period following the Weinstein scandal.
The...
The data are the first clear indication of a “Weinstein effect” on sexual harassment claims. Following the revelations in October, harassment victims have come forward to expose powerful men in media, politics, and other high-profile walks of life. But it has remained a trickier question whether the #MeToo movement would have an effect on workplaces in general, in the same way that the Anita Hill allegations did more than 25 years ago.
At the federal level, harassment complaints have been declining for more than a decade, so an increase would be a sharp break from the trend. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission releases its claims data annually, and has not yet reported statistics on the period following the Weinstein scandal.
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- 6/18/2018
- by Gene Maddaus
- Variety Film + TV
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