A Response to Gambling Studies’ #MeToo Moment
Fiona Nicoll , Murat Akcayir Faculty of Arts, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada. How to cite: Nicoll F., & Akcayir M. (2020). A Response to Gambling Studies’ #MeToo Moment. Critical Gambling Studies . https://doi.org/10.29173/cgs63 In recent weeks, the world of gambling research has been shaken by a “#MeToo” moment. Founded by African-American activist, Tarana Burke, in 2006 as a way to connect survivors of sexual assault to other women and resources for healing, MeToo was popularised as a hashtag in 2017 with revelations of heinous abuses of power by Hollywood film producer Harvey Weinstein and casino magnate, Steve Wynn, as well as many other high profile men in the worlds of business, politics, entertainment and academia. (Hess, 2017, Mansfield, 2019) Gambling’ studies’ #MeToo moment involved a senior male academic researcher as the subject of a complaint against a colleague from another country and university. He was accused of sexual stalking and - following m