#MeToo, Now What?

New Laws Will Ensure Real Transformative Change

ROC United founder Saru Jayaraman notes that historically any progress made on race in this country has come via a combination of both cultural awareness and new laws that forced people to change. Transformative change in response to the #MeToo movement will require an iterative process of laws being passed and policy being implemented to force some people who will not change without a push.

New Laws Will Ensure Real Transformative Change

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  • Is Patriarchy on Its Way Out?: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Is Patriarchy on Its Way Out?

    S1 E5 - 26m 26s

    Examine the structures that created #MeToo. The panel exposes hidden cultural biases as related to patriarchy, equal pay, corporate culture, leadership, legal reforms and individual behavior and considers what¹s necessary for transformative change.

  • The Culture of Complicity: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    The Culture of Complicity

    S1 E4 - 25m 44s

    See how mainstream cultural norms in media, gaming and pornography have created an overtly sexualized and objectified image of women and examine this impact on social norms and the behavior of men and women.

  • Masculinity in Crisis?: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Masculinity in Crisis?

    S1 E3 - 25m 41s

    Has the #MeToo movement gone too far? Find out why some progressive and conservative men think it has, while others are calling for men to step-up and reexamine the cultural meaning of masculinity and manhood.

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