All you need to know about #MeToo, a Twitter campaign against sexual harassment
Thanks to Harvey Weistein's deeds coming out in the open, women are now speaking up--louder than ever.
If you've been checking out your Twitter feed regularly since Monday, chances are that you have already come across several posts by women sharing their personal account of sexual harassment and assault on the social media platform. The striking commonality in these harrowing posts happens to the usage of two very simple terms: Me too.
Thanks to the American actress and producer Alyssa Milano, #MeToo is now a trend spreading like fire in the forest on social media.
It all began when Milano posted a screenshot of a friend's suggestion on her Twitter handle in the wake of several high-profile Hollywood actresses speaking openly against Hollywood producer (and letch) Harvey Weinstein's and his deeds of sexual assault.
The post suggested that if women wrote 'Me Too' as their status, people might get a sense of the magnitude of the problem.
If you've been sexually harassed or assaulted write 'me too' as a reply to this tweet. pic.twitter.com/k2oeCiUf9n
- Alyssa Milano (@Alyssa_Milano) October 15, 2017
What next? More than 30,000 women and a few men including famous Hollywood personalities like X-Men actress Anna Paquin, Debra Messing of Will & Grace and Laura Dreyfuss, who starred in Glee.
Me too
- Anna Paquin (@AnnaPaquin) October 15, 2017
Me too https://t.co/ScX67Kmmiy
- Debra Messing (@DebraMessing) October 15, 2017
Me too
- Laura Dreyfuss (@lauradreyfuss) October 15, 2017
Now, this trend has caught on, so much so, that women across the world are coming out in the open and contributing to making the world see how big a problem sexual harassment is.
#MeToo and #YesAllWomen I know have been harassed, abused or assaulted.
- SooLin (@SooLin22) October 16, 2017
I just cant explain the feeling when it happens. Its a mixture of shame, fear and at the same time you want to forget about it asap. #metoo
- Sarah (@SarahSyed_) October 16, 2017
#MeTooWhen I was 5 my older brothers friend made me touch him inappropriately??He also touched on me inappropriately?? #ibelieveyou all ??
- marco m!randa (@simplymarcoo) October 16, 2017
Only a few know my story but no one will ever know how much it has and always will affect me. It will be apart of me and who I am #MeToo
- ??Lost Girl?? (@Maleia94) October 16, 2017
On a NYC subway at rush hour a man started grinding hard against me. I was 17. 1st of many unwanted subway gropings. #MeToo
- Jennifer Rojas (@jlmrojas) October 16, 2017
#metoo Hollered at; leered at; groped; objectified. Told I should take it as a compliment.
- Cezanne Horne (@Cezanne9) October 16, 2017
Back home, actress Mallika Dua, known for her comic streak and Varnika Kundu (known for the infamous Chandigarh stalking case) too shared their harrowing experiences.
And now, many Indian are posting about it in full swing,making us happier than ever.
Obviously, this campaign does little or may be nothing to stop the wrong-doers. However, we're glad that at least, the world is realizing how huge the matter is. And being the optimists that we are, we're seeing this as an encouragement for women to speak up on these incidents rather than staying silent. What do you think?
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