When the #MeToo movement started, I was alarmed. Coming of age in the ‘80s and graduating from law school in the ‘90s, I never thought of myself as a frail victim needing protection from men. In law school, my study partner was a guy with smelly feet which was the only toxicity I feared.
Coveted spots on Law Review, which alas I had no hope of obtaining, were made up of men and women. Big law firms swooned over them – male or female. I later joined a defense firm headed by a woman with a majority of female attorneys. I never heard a client demand a male attorney; it would have been a bizarre concept. They only wanted competency.
Today I look upon young women as if they are from a different time – when women were deemed fragile and in need of protection from harsh realities such as the dangers of men. Despite what the media tells us, women don’t need to run around daily fearing a man will assault them.
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