Exposes endemic sexist violence
NOVANEWS
By Jane Cutter
Organized by Fight for $15, men and women workers unite to stop sexual harassment at McDonald’s.
Me too.
“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.”
Versions of this status went viral on Facebook as part of a mass response triggered by the exposure of Harvey Weinstein’s decades of sexual harassment and assault, as numerous now-prominent women actors have stepped forward to say they too were harassed and assaulted by Weinstein. The #MeToo Movement was originally launched some 10 years ago by activist by Tarana Burke.
The massive, viral posting of “Me too” or #MeToo sheds light on just how prevalent sexual harassment and sexual assault actually are. F...