미투, 그 변증법적 전개에 대한 재고찰

The Me Too movement reveals sexual harassment or violence, made by victims’ confessions and experiences. This means not only a continuous accusation of sexual assaults, but also a complaint about the fact that sexuality is also reflected in differences between the powers that are widely spread around the world. Although legal equality, including suffragette, has been progressed since the nineteenth century, more substantial equality need yet to be achieved. Sexual harassment and violence can be assessed in the context of substantial equality in which offenders can be powerful females or the same sexes. However, many of the victims, while most of them are women, have participated in the Me Too movement since 2017, with the result that we can see the drastic change in the judgments related to these cases. Sexual violence laws that were not effective in the past are now attracting more attention, and courts also, are increasingly convicting of sexual harassment cases with reflecting gender sensitivity. It is certainly encouraging that the difficult situation in which the victims were unable to receive proper legal remedies is now changing. It is important that adequate punishment should be made against the perpetrator in cases involving sexual violence. At the same time, it is also critical to establish restorative justice, as a way to prevent and correct these incidents. And all of these processes should be legally secured.