'Regardless of the legal outcome, the damage to the movement to end gendered violence is severe,' wrote gender justice advocate Farrah Khan and gender violence activist Mandi Gray in The Toronto Star ahead of yesterday's verdict.
. “We can't assume that everyone watching this also was paying attention or even capable of understanding what was happening during the #MeToo movement,” she says. For many users it’s the first time they’re getting this education. Which, Bedera adds, is a fundamental failing in society.
It’s easy to think that the damage is done when it comes to the effect this kind of commentary can have on survivors, but “what we do moving forward is just as important as what has already happened,” Bedera says.
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