France’s ‘Everyday Sexism’ Starts at School
France (Conversation) – In France, the #MeToo movement has a livelier name: #BalanceTonPorc, or “Name and Shame Your Pig.” It inspired hundreds of women to denounce sexual harassment on the streets and in the boardroom. The latest workplace harassment scandal, exposed online in mid-February, involved France’s so-called “LOL League” – an anonymous boys club in the media industry – that in 2010 began bullying female colleagues online. Prominent news editors, including the managing editor of the French edition of Slate and of the venerable news daily Libération, had targeted female…
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