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Anti-Sexual Harassment Swag? Oscars Gift Bags Are Packed With #MeToo-Themed Goodies

Emily Zanotti

Every year, celebrities come away with hundred-thousand-dollar goodie bags just for presenting at the Oscars. Typically, those “swag bags” contain everything from tony vacations to high-value baubles. And this year, keeping with the theme of “#MeToo,” it seems they’ll also contain a number of anti-sexual harassment and anti-rape devices.

According to high-end electronic security company, Sabre, who is sponsoring the five-item self-defense pack in every Oscar door prize gift bag, Academy Award nominees and statuette presenters will get a key-ring pepper spray canister, a larger gel pepper canister, two hideable body alarms, and a kit that can test whether someone has drugged your drink with GHB.

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