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"Me Too" first used
Tarana Burke - community activist
Just Be Inc.
-> initiating the Me Too campaign -
Accusation of Harvey Weinstein
Jodi Kantor, Megan Twohey, Ashley Judd
-> allegations of sexual harrassment and assault by producer Harvey Weinstein -
More allegations on Weinstein
13 more accusations published in the New York Times
-> more than 80 women reporting sexual harassment/ assault -
Appearance of #MeToo
Alyssa Milano tweeting a call to survivors -
Enormous social media response
within 24 hours: Facebook > 12 million reaction
10 days: 1.7 million tweets with #MeToo
Following year: #MeToo tweeted an average of 55 319 times a day -
Going international
MeToo spreads beyond the US France - #BalanceTonPorc (ExposeYourPig) -
Investigative journalism
Famous, powerful men exposed
Kevin Spacey. Charlie Rose, chef Mario Batali, Roy Moore, AI Franken, Matt Lauer, Roger Ailes, Bill O'Reilly, later Bill Cosby -
#MuteRKelly
trials against famous, powerful men
R. Kelly sentenced to prison -
Trials of Jeffrey Epstein
https://vm.tiktok.com/ZGe842Pn1/ American financier, sex offender, human trafficer
exposed
sentenced to prison
-> committed suicide -
Workplace changes
More than 200 men changing their jobs
concerns about Cancel Culture
false allegations -
Constitutional changes
change in laws
(knocking down barriers, ending statues of limitations that prohibited delayed reporting of sexual assault)
Post-MeToo reforms
Joe Biden - federal legislatures that trace back to the movement -
Weinstein jail sentence
https://vm.tiktok.com/ZGe8XnETu/ Weinstein sentenced to 23 + 16 years of prison
--> tangible result -
Cancel culture?