Accusing and Believing in Equilibrium: Evidence from #MeToo

• In Event: Gender, Norms, and Protest

Brief Overview

We study the criticism that #MeToo encouraged people to make unfounded sexual harassment accusations. We find the opposite – sexual harassment complaints after #MeToo were more likely to be substantiated than before.

Authors

• Anya Marchenko, Brown University

• Bobak Pakzad-Hurson, Brown University