The #MeToo movement, which started on social media as a way to support women who have experienced sexual harassment or assault, is still agitating political, entertainment, workplace and government circles. Those who find themselves tired of the movement attempt to minimize instances of harassment, especially when compared with harrowing accounts of sexual assault.
But men, and women, are learning that treating others with such profane disrespect is unacceptable. And women, and men, are pushing back against such harassment.
The pre-#MeToo world allowed a decadelong backlog of rape DNA kits. A woman would have the courage to submit herself to the humiliation of being prodded and scraped, right after she was raped, in order to find and convict the person who raped her.