The Asian Age

# MeToo made me rethink consent: Cheryl

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Hong Kong: Bestsellin­g author Cheryl Strayed, whose memoir

Wild was turned into an Oscarnomin­ated film about her recovery from trauma, says listening more is key to healing wounds between men and women in the age of # MeToo. Now 50, Strayed says that while she is no stranger to trauma — she has told of suffering sexual abuse at the hands of her paternal grandfathe­r when she was just three years old — the # MeToo movement has made her “rethink the meaning of consent”.

Speaking to AFP on the sidelines of the Hong Kong Internatio­nal Literary Festival, Strayed — long a campaigner for women’s rights — recounts how her high- school boyfriend once ripped off her top and exposed her breasts in front of a male classmate.

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