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From #MeToo to #MenToo? Why men play a role in battling harassment.

Experts say men have a key role to play in preventing sexual assault and harassment in the workplace – by setting the correct tone at the top and in intervening to prevent or heal a toxic culture.

The fall from grace of movie producer Harvey Weinstein suggests an American public that is growing less tolerant of sexual assault and harassment – less willing to accept it as a part of Hollywood culture or any other American workplace.

But another part of the story is that it took years before the allegations began to pour forth, a sign of of how challenging and risky it still feels for victims to bring their cases forward.

Maybe that’s changing, as women have been speaking out in recent days on social media under the hashtag #MeToo. But if this becomes a

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