Abnousse Shalmani (born 1 April 1977 in

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) is a

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journalist and writer. Shalmani was one of the authors along with

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of the

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criticizing #MeToo sent to the leading French newspaper,

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, signed by over 100 high-profile French women. The letter advocated in part that a "freedom to bother" – a man's right to make a pass at a woman, even if a clumsy one – was "indispensable to sexual freedom".The #MeToo movement took the world by storm. Then it met the French resistance

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, 4 September 2018

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* Living people 1977 births Iranian emigrants to France {{France-journalist-stub