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The Guardian: Sexual assault allegations seem to be a badge of honor in Trump's America. Was #MeToo an epic failure?
The Guardian - Sexual assault allegations seem to be a badge of honor in Trump’s America. Was #MeToo an epic failure?
The push to end sexual violence has sparked a revenge campaign setting fire to women’s rights and pushing young men to the right. But organizers can learn from the movement’s losses
Sun 30 Mar 2025 07.00 EDT
Dressed in his trademark sunglasses and a skintight black T-shirt, Andrew Tate strode into a Las Vegas arena like a returning king. He was there to watch Power Slap, a UFC offshoot where people slap each other in the face with such force that doctors say it could lead to brain damage and death.
Days earlier, Tate and his brother Tristan had been in Romania, their assets seized, awaiting trial on human trafficking charges. But following reported conversations between Romanian officials and the Trump administration, the Romanian government lifted a travel ban on the brothers. Now, as a heavily male crowd watched men slap one another so hard they collapsed, the UFC president, Dana White, warmly embraced the Tates. White, a Meta board member who was once caught on camera slapping his own wife, smiled at the Tates, looked them in the eyes, and told them: “Welcome to the States, boys.”
The next day, the Tates were back for a mixed martial arts fight night. This time, they were joined in the crowd by the FBI director, Kash Patel, and the convicted domestic abuser Mel Gibson.
It was a show of manpower, in every sense of the word. And it’s the kind of head-spinning display that has become a fixture of US politics.
Eight years ago, the words “#MeToo” was thumbed out more than 19m times on Twitter. Pundits feared that a single, unproven allegation could vaporize a man’s career. Now, the Trump administration seems to treat such allegations as a job requirement.
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The push to end sexual violence has sparked a revenge campaign setting fire to women’s rights and pushing young men to the right. But organizers can learn from the movement’s losses
Sun 30 Mar 2025 07.00 EDT
Dressed in his trademark sunglasses and a skintight black T-shirt, Andrew Tate strode into a Las Vegas arena like a returning king. He was there to watch Power Slap, a UFC offshoot where people slap each other in the face with such force that doctors say it could lead to brain damage and death.
Days earlier, Tate and his brother Tristan had been in Romania, their assets seized, awaiting trial on human trafficking charges. But following reported conversations between Romanian officials and the Trump administration, the Romanian government lifted a travel ban on the brothers. Now, as a heavily male crowd watched men slap one another so hard they collapsed, the UFC president, Dana White, warmly embraced the Tates. White, a Meta board member who was once caught on camera slapping his own wife, smiled at the Tates, looked them in the eyes, and told them: “Welcome to the States, boys.”
The next day, the Tates were back for a mixed martial arts fight night. This time, they were joined in the crowd by the FBI director, Kash Patel, and the convicted domestic abuser Mel Gibson.
It was a show of manpower, in every sense of the word. And it’s the kind of head-spinning display that has become a fixture of US politics.
Eight years ago, the words “#MeToo” was thumbed out more than 19m times on Twitter. Pundits feared that a single, unproven allegation could vaporize a man’s career. Now, the Trump administration seems to treat such allegations as a job requirement.
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