#MeToo Floods Social Media With Stories of Harassment and Assault
- 7 years ago
#MeToo Floods Social Media With Stories of Harassment and Assault
(Update: Harvey Weinstein is certainly not the first powerful man publicly
and credibly accused of sexually harassing or abusing women in recent years, but his fall has opened the floodgates in Hollywood.
The comedian and activist Nick Jack Pappas wrote: “Men, Don’t say you have a mother,
a sister, a daughter… Say you have a father, a brother, a son who can do better
Women are posting messages on social media to show how commonplace sexual assault
and harassment are, using the hashtag #MeToo to express that they, too, have been victims of such misconduct.
Other celebrities who took part include Anna Paquin, Debra Messing, Laura Dreyfuss, Lady Gaga and Evan Rachel Wood.
(Update: Harvey Weinstein is certainly not the first powerful man publicly
and credibly accused of sexually harassing or abusing women in recent years, but his fall has opened the floodgates in Hollywood.
The comedian and activist Nick Jack Pappas wrote: “Men, Don’t say you have a mother,
a sister, a daughter… Say you have a father, a brother, a son who can do better
Women are posting messages on social media to show how commonplace sexual assault
and harassment are, using the hashtag #MeToo to express that they, too, have been victims of such misconduct.
Other celebrities who took part include Anna Paquin, Debra Messing, Laura Dreyfuss, Lady Gaga and Evan Rachel Wood.