The trial of Harvey Weinstein, whose alleged actions helped to spawn the MeToo movement, has cultural implications that go beyond its legal ones
Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein is headed for trial this week on narrow charges that he sexually assaulted two women. But the trial, of the man whose alleged actions helped to spawn the #MeToo movement, is being closely watched, with cultural implications that go beyond its legal ones.
The sexual-misconduct allegations against Mr. Weinstein, first reported by the New York Times and the New Yorker magazine in 2017, helped release a flood of accusations against other men, many from women who had remained silent for decades....
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