What does "rebalancing of the scales" mean in this context?
This is from Jennifer Aniston's speech:
https://youtu.be/qHEOlLTM1zY?t=96

"I've thought about myself as strong, but powerful, not really. It's a distinction I've been thinking a lot about lately, since the word power, and its counterpart, abusive power keeps coming up in light of what is happening in our country, in our industry, **a rebalancing of the scales**, i guess, you could say..."

I don't understand what exactly "rebalancing of the scales" means here especially because I'm not sure about the meaning of "scales".

Thanks in advance.

Question

What does "rebalancing of the scales" mean in this context?
This is from Jennifer Aniston's speech:
https://youtu.be/qHEOlLTM1zY?t=96

"I've thought about myself as strong, but powerful, not really. It's a distinction I've been thinking a lot about lately, since the word power, and its counterpart, abusive power keeps coming up in light of what is happening in our country, in our industry, **a rebalancing of the scales**, i guess, you could say..."

I don't understand what exactly "rebalancing of the scales" means here especially because I'm not sure about the meaning of "scales".

Thanks in advance.

Answer

Hypothetical morality scales.

This is a controversial minefield (

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