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Consent, false accusation fears and #MeToo

It’s been two years since the #MeToo Movement kicked off unprecedented conversations about sexual assault. Today on Front Burner, journalist and author Robyn Doolittle discusses where we go from here.
Had It Coming is a nonfiction book by Robyn Doolittle. (Galit Rodan, Allen Lane)

Journalist Robyn Doolittle has a new book out called Had It Coming. It's been two years since the first stories alleging sexual abuse by disgraced media mogul Harvey Weinstein were published, sparking an unprecedented conversation about sexual assault. Now, what's fair in the age of #MeToo? It's a question Doolittle tackles in her book. Today on Front Burner, she talks about the #MeToo Movement, what came before it, and why she thinks we need to talk about consent as a moral and ethical issue, not just a legal one.

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