The MeToo story where (mostly) women accuse people of harrassment and assaults is shaking Sweden.
Why is the #MeToo movement sending shockwaves through Sweden?
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In Sweden, a country viewed as a beacon of gender equality and progressive politics, the 'Weinstein effect' has started a revolution.
By
Andrea Booth, Kelsey Munro
3 DAYS AGO UPDATED 22 HOURS AGO
It began with
October's #MeToo campaign, a spontaneous global outpouring of women calling out their own experiences of sexual harassment and abuse after the predations of Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein finally became known.
But in Sweden, it has snowballed into a social phenomenon that a prominent journalist from the newspaper
Dagens Nyheter has described as the biggest Swedish women's movement since women secured the right to vote almost a hundred years ago.
The country
has been rocked by a flood of stories of assault and harassment from women across the arts, law, media, sports and politics. Some have even named their perpetrators in social media posts - unusual in a country where it is considered journalistically unethical to publish the names of accused in criminal cases unless they are convicted.
Details of assault allegations have dominated the popular press for weeks. Several media personalities have been stood down from their jobs as evidence has emerged of their past assaults, including politicians, a high profile newspaper columnist and TV presenters.
The country's Queen Silvia and Crown Princess Victoria lent their
support over the weekend, calling the movement inspired by #MeToo "an extremely important campaign”.
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