After months of infighting, feminists involved in Australia's MeToo movement are asking what's next.
In October 2017, actor Alyssa Milano picked up her phone and posted on Twitter: "If you've been sexually harassed or assaulted, write 'me too' as a reply to this tweet."
A spokesperson says Spicer had not sought to make herself the focus of MeToo. "She is not the movement, and the movement is not her," they said. Biripi woman and academic Tess Ryan says more work needs to be done to protect the women who have made disclosures. "In the Aboriginal space, we say it's 'having to bloodlet our trauma'," she says. "But there is no foundation or structure in place to manage that now."Dhanya Mani is one of the thousands of women who contacted Spicer.
Gorman stresses no social movement is beyond critique. However, she would like the conversation to move on to issues such as tackling Australia's defamation laws."We may not always see eye to eye but we can still work together towards stopping sexual violence," she says. "We need to regroup and keep our eye on the ball. In this case, the ball is primarily supporting victims psychologically and to get justice through the legal system.
A spokesperson for Spicer says: "Storytelling is key to changing hearts and minds, which will generate support for the necessary structural change."
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