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How media sexism demeans women and fuels abuse by men like Weinstein

  • Written by Virginia García Beaudoux, Professor of Political Communication and Public Opinion, University of Buenos Aires
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The sexual abuse scandal currently embroiling media mogul Harvey Weinstein has stunned the United States, with Hollywood and the fashion industry declaring that “this way of treating women ends now.”

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