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The 'me too' hashtag takes over social media
In the wake of the Harvey Weinstein scandal, a new viral social media hashtag is aiming to give a voice to women who have survived sexual assault and harassment.
The hashtag “Me too,” which is currently trending on Twitter and Instagram, was started by former Charmed actress Alyssa Milano.
The 44-year-old issued a call to arms on social media, urging women to speak up about their experiences of sexual harassment and assault.
She asked women to reply to her tweet and Instagram post by replying “Me too.” Alternatively, women could post the same response on Facebook.
“If all the women who have ever been sexually harassed or assaulted wrote ‘Me too.’ as a status, then we give people a sense of the magnitude of the problem,” she wrote, explaining she got the idea from a friend.
Tens of thousands of women have since been recounting being sexually harassed or assaulted by flooding social media with horrible stories of being verbally abused, groped, molested, even raped by bosses.
Shockingly some have even said they had never known a woman who had not been sexually harassed or assaulted.
"Lived a life in a world where it was expected, grew thinking I deserved it," one person wrote online.
Many weren’t sure if this newest push would do any good pointing out previous efforts such as a #YesAllWomen crusade against sexual violence and harassment.
But many men also posted their support.
"I'm at a loss for words and literally crying as I see 'Me, too' stream on my NewsFeed," Will Goodman, a journalist in New York wrote on his Facebook.
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