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By Vanessa Taylor
Other factors, such as race and sexuality, impact rates of sexual assault, as well. As noted by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, black women are impacted by sexual violence at higher rates than women generally.
#MeToo’s founder Tarana Burke expressed some concerns around how the phrase has been engaged throughout the past year for Variety, writing: