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What post-Weinstein Hollywood can learn from '90s sexual harassment training

  • Written by Elizabeth C. Tippett, Associate Professor, School of Law, University of Oregon

When accounts of Harvey Weinstein’s harassment emerged, they reminded me of vignettes from harassment videos made by professional human resources trainers in the 1980s and 1990s.

A female employee would be invited to some nonwork location on a professional pretext (here, Weinstein’s hotel suite). Then the man would proposition the...

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