Maguire, Emma (2023) #MeToo Tells Us That Legal Systems Have Failed Women. Mai: feminism & visual culture, 11.

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Abstract

[Extract] When the jury in the 2022 Depp v. Heard defamation trial ruled in favour of Johnny Depp, women around the world expressed dismay. Some asked if defamation laws would be used to further silence women (Hockstein 2022). Some even wondered whether the ruling sounded the death knell for the MeToo movement (Goldberg 2022).

The details of this high-profile case will be familiar to many, including the way Depp used social media algorithms and bots, as well as his fans, to drown out Heard and her supporters online (Yahr & Andrews 2022). But men around the world draw on an array of legal methods to silence women who may try to speak out against them in relation to allegations of sexual abuse or domestic violence (Gutowski & Goodman 2022).

Item ID:	80659
Item Type:	Article (Book Review)
ISSN:	2003-167x
Keywords:	metoo, feminism, legal studies, feminist legal studies, silencing
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Date Deposited:	09 Oct 2023 00:48
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