Women Around The World Use #MeToo Hashtag To Share Stories Of Sexual Harassment
'Me too'
It's a simple, yet incredibly powerfully statement, and the latest hashtag collecting stories of sexual harassment and abuse on social media.
On Sunday night, Alyssa Milano (who starred in Charmed with Rose McGowan) called on women to speak up about surviving sexual assault by using the hashtag 'me too', urging people to reply to her on Twitter if they had ever been harassed or assaulted.
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
She also Tweeted a note that read 'Suggested by a friend: If all the women who have been sexually harassed or assaulted wrote 'Me too' as a status, we might give people a sense of the magnitude of the problem.'
The movement started in response to the Harvey Weinstein scandal and its ensuing fall out.
After Milano posted the message to her Twitter account, an onslaught of women - some famous and many not - tweeted back and shared their experiences. Over 25,000 people have now posted words on their Facebook, Twitter and Instagram profiles.
- xoxo, Gaga (@ladygaga) October 15, 2017
A post shared by Jaime King (@jaime_king) on Oct 15, 2017 at 10:30pm PDT
