DO: Approach survivors carefully and with dignity.
More than two years after sexual assault allegations against Harvey Weinstein fueled the #MeToo movement, a criminal trial against him is finally beginning. On January 7, Weinstein will have to answer for his behavior in court, perhaps prompting yet another milestone moment for women who want to speak out about their own rape or sexual assault. If a second wave of reckoning is about to come, it will give those of us in the media a new chance to get the telling of these delicate stories right.
For too many women in the U.S., sexual abuse is a part of their home lives, workplaces, and public spaces. The stories to tell are endless. The ways to tell them are too. Unfortunately, the disappointing and sometimes harmful ways the media handles these stories still pervade journalism.to ask whether she was drunk, what she was wearing, or what she did to provoke the attack — I’m going to assume that if you’re reading this, you’re way beyond that.
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