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DESCRIPTION:The Faculty welcomes Professor Brenda Cossman\, Faculty of Law\
 , University of Toronto\, for the 2020 Patricia Allen Memorial Lecture. Br
 enda Cossman's research focuses on the legal regulation of sex\, gender an
 d sexuality. A Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada\, she is the Director
  of the Bonham Centre for Sexual Diversity Studies. She is currently worki
 ng on a book on #MeToo under contract with NYU Press.\n\nThis event is eli
 gible for inclusion as 1.5 hours of continuing legal education as reported
  by members of the Barreau du Québec.\n\nAbstract\n\nHow should we regulat
 e sexual harm? It is an issue that feminists have been debating for decade
 s. From the sex wars of the 1970s to the contestations about #MeToo today\
 , feminists disagree about sexuality\, agency and law. The debates have lo
 ng run deep\, often antagonistic\, occasionally outright hostile. Well bef
 ore #MeToo erupted\, feminists have been embattled in renewed and contenti
 ous sexual politics over the regulation of sexual harm. The feminist debat
 e about regulating sexual harm was already in full swing.\n\nThen came #Me
 Too. On October 15\, 2017\, Alyssa Milano began a viral sensation with her
  #MeToo tweet. Within a day it had been retweeted 500\,000 times\, and wit
 hin days\, millions of women from 85 countries had taken to social media w
 ith the hashtag. In the weeks and months that followed\, powerful men – Ha
 rvey Weinstein\, Charlie Rose\, Matt Lauer to name a few of the most promi
 nent – lost their positions in the wake of the many stories of sexual viol
 ence and harassment. Broader conversations ensued about the pervasiveness 
 of sexual violence against women\, the meaning of consent and the role of 
 law.\n\nThe massive outpouring of #MeToo stories was quickly met with a ra
 nge of detractors. Many decried #MeToo for going too far – although what t
 hey meant by too far differed. Some called it a sex panic\, others the end
  of flirtation\, yet others the death knell to due process. While these cr
 iticisms came from across the political spectrum\, some feminists also exp
 ressed discomfort and disagreement with elements of the #MeToo movement. T
 his feminist debate was quickly framed as a generational one\, with media 
 reports focusing on the conflict between millennials and second wave femin
 ists.\n\nI argue however that age or generation alone cannot account for t
 he fundamental disagreements around sexuality\, agency\, consent and law t
 hat are swirling around the #MeToo movement. Rather\, I argue that these f
 eminist #MeToo debates are better understood through the lens of Sex Wars 
 2.0 – the continuation of the feminist sex wars of the 1970s and 1980s.\n
 \nThe Patricia Allen Memorial Lecture\n\nCreated in 1992 by the Class of 1
 988 in memory of Patricia Allen\, a graduate of the Faculty who was tragic
 ally and senselessly murdered\, this annual lectureship is devoted to sens
 itizing and educating the legal community and others about pressing social
  and legal issues related to violence\, especially against women.\n
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LOCATION:Maxwell Cohen Moot Court (NCDH 100)\, Chancellor Day Hall\, CA\, Q
 C\, Montreal\, H3A 1W9\, 3644 rue Peel
SUMMARY:#MeToo\, Sex Wars 2.0 and the legal regulation of sexual harm
URL:/law/channels/event/metoo-sex-wars-20-and-legal-re
 gulation-sexual-harm-304007
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