The problem of sexual assault affects a large number of people every day. Booth et. al. Booth et al. (2017) state that valdtakt was a Swedish property crime. This is because it was believed that the women of Sweden were property of their fathers or husbands. But, this law was changed. The crime of committing an offense against a minor below the age 15 is now a Sedlighetsbrot or a crime against the morals. Rape was listed as one crime that could threaten the freedom or peace of another person. A Swedish television host posted an Instagram picture that sparked the #MeToo campaign in October 2017. The accusations were followed up by many media posts about sexual harassment by a wide range of people and in different settings. A multitude of campaigns were created by the internet project. Ghadery (2019) conducted a survey and found that 705 Swedish actresses signed a petition under #hashtag to share stories about rape they had witnessed in their television careers.
Henley’s essay states that many political actions were made by the Swedish MeToo Movement (2018). Stefan Lofven, the Swedish Prime Minister has proposed a new law that prohibits non-consensual sexual sex. This is an important aspect of the movement. This idea was accepted by the legislature and the law was implemented in 2018. While Sweden is known for having a history of gender equality at work, there are still inequalities. The nation has a uneven distribution of power and sexualized male authority (Johansson 2018, 2018). Foreign media personnel were shocked by Sweden’s participation in this effort. Equal gender representation is crucial because it allows women to understand and act in their rights. In order to preserve their dignity and peace, they searched for ways to do so.
According to Johansson and colleagues, it was Women’s Day 2018. (2018) The scope of the Swedish rape culture under the MeToo movement in Sweden was revealed. According to the article, a group that represented more than 60-five different projects met for gender equality. Conference attendees raised important questions about education campaigns and other means of following-up on sexual assault allegations.