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#UsToo

How Jewish, Muslim, and Christian Women Changed Our Communities

Keren R McGinity author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd

Published:25th Sep '23

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#UsToo: How Jewish, Muslim, and Christian Women Changed Our Communities examines the relationship between sexual harassment, gender, and multiple religions, highlighting the voices of women of different faiths who found their voices and used them for the betterment of their communities.

Through personal interviews and other research, this book explores the actions of American Jewish, Muslim, and Christian women who broke the silence about sexual misconduct and abuse of power by male co-religionists. Using a three-dimensional, ethnoreligious approach that examines gender, ethnicity, and religion, it addresses the relationship between religion and women’s experiences and examines both historical contexts and present-day experiences of sexual misconduct within faith communities.

This book will be of key interest to students within Gender Studies, History, Religion, and Sociology, clergy and lay religious leaders, and human rights advocates.

"#UsToo is a much-needed work of religious alliance politics, whichchronicles McGinity's journey to becoming a scholar-activist. In these pages, we learn about Mona Eltahawy, who was responsible for the hashtag #MosqueMeToo and a Twitter thread that revealed the enormity of the problem of Muslim women being violated in sacred spaces, as well as the organization In Shayk’s Clothing that released a Code of Conduct for Islamic Leadership. And we are introduced to Sophia Nelson, who coined the “#UsToo” hashtag of McGinity’s title to ensure that Black women’s experiences were represented in the #MeToo movement. Kudos to this “persister” who forges interfaith feminist connections."

- Helen Meyers, 'Seven Powerful Jewish Feminist Moments of 2023', Lilith Magazine

ISBN: 9781032430355

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 453g

142 pages