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MeToo: Public shaming of harassers may stop employers from protecting them

CBS investigated and gave the producer a written warning, made him attend a workshop and forced him to apologise

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Elizabeth C Tippett | The Conversation

Since the Harvey Weinstein scandal broke, a growing number of workplace harassment victims have decided to go public. Since this used to be pretty rare, it marks an important shift.

Along with the torrent of harassment revelations through the #MeToo Twitter hashtag, employees have gone public with harassment accusations against top figures in journalism, state politics, the restaurant industry and even the labor movement.
 

#MeToo -I suspect the majority of women surgeons from my generation dealt with sexual harassment on a