How the #MeToo movement is changing the way mothers and daughters talk about sexual assault

LOS ANGELES (CA)
Los Angeles Times

February 13, 2018

By Claire Hannah Collins and Jessica Q. Chen

Over the past year, a growing conversation about sexual harassment has erupted.

To explore how this conversation has changed, generation to generation, we asked mothers and daughters about how they were raised to talk, react and take action when it comes to sexual harassment and assault.

Liz and Terrie

Liz Cotone’s daughter is only 6, but she is already learning about consent. Liz, 42, and her mother, Terrie Rosengren, 70, talk about how to teach children to ask permission, laying the groundwork for understanding autonomy over one’s body.

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