New perspectives on how history is made
The cultural prominence of rape and sexual assault might be new. Efforts to bring attention to the issue, however, are not.
A turn-of-the-century trial, the focus of a new book, took aim at the Victorian double standard.
Tsuneno was raped. She said so. But only after #MeToo did this historian decide to believe her.
“I made a themed issue about #MeToo perpetrators who were not convicted by the judiciary but by social media. And now I am on the pillory myself.” – Historian Ian Buruma
The short answer: They’ve already been here before.
It’s the history of the oppression of women we have to contend with.
Some argue Bill Clinton should have resigned over the Lewinsky scandal. They’re getting it all wrong.
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