Reckoning

The Epic Battle Against Sexual Abuse and Harassment

By: Linda Hirshman

Narrated by: Carrington MacDuffie

The first history - incisive, witty, fascinating - of the fight against sexual harassment, from the author of the New York Times best seller Sisters in Law

Linda Hirshman, acclaimed historian of social movements, delivers the sweeping story of the struggle leading up to #MeToo and beyond: from the first tales of workplace harassment percolating to the surface in the 1970s, to the Clinton/Lewinsky scandal - when liberal women largely forgave Clinton, giving men a free pass for two decades. Many liberals even resisted the movement to end rape on campus.

And yet, legal, political, and cultural efforts, often spearheaded by women of color, were quietly paving the way for the takedown of abusers and harassers. Reckoning delivers the stirring tale of a movement catching fire as pioneering women in the media exposed the Harvey Weinsteins of the world, women flooded the political landscape, and the walls of male privilege finally began to crack. This is revelatory, essential social history.

©2019 Linda Hirshman (P)2019 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Superb!

With precision and critical detailing, this book outline the foundational roots of the “ME 2” movement by charting the horrific course too many women traversed without their permission. I would recommend this book to all persons interested in the intersection between movements and the legal system.

informative and Inclusive

Amazing how the author represents American Womxn and their united story fighting against sexual assault and harassment

Me Too and More

50 years of sexual assault and harassment are the focus, with the addition of an historical overview. Shameful behaviors toward women in the setting of employment, including at government sites. Almost no insights in to how these behaviors could continue unrecognized.or to future prevention. A repository of the facts for all to see and understand the profound effects on the victims.