Earlier this week the Me Too hashtag drew more than twelve million Facebook posts, comments, reactions in twenty-four hours. I was one of them. Thanks to social media, this response has gone viral around the world. Now women worldwide are using the hashtag, #metoo, against sexual harassment. Women are breaking out of their shells and telling their stories. Even one hundred forty female legislators, lobbyists, and political staffers in my state capitol, Sacramento, signed a letter saying sexual harassment is pervasive there. They said, Each of us has endured, or witnessed or worked with women who have experienced some form of dehumanizing behavior by men with power in our workplaces. My first job out of college was at a fashion trade magazine in downtown Los Angeles. I quit after three weeks because of the editor/owner's constant sexual harassment and humiliation. Then I went into the aerospace industry, and though it was little subtler, men still thought they could say … [Read more...]