Me Too movement

Extracted Attributes

• Key Impact

  Increased visibility of sexual violence, high-profile terminations, legal reforms (e.g., abolishing statutes of limitations for sexual crimes, banning non-disclosure agreements for misconduct allegations), workplace changes

• Primary Goal

  Combat sexual abuse, sexual harassment, and rape culture

• Movement Type

  Social movement, Awareness campaign

• Secondary Goal

  Empower survivors, promote accountability, achieve gender equity in the workplace, drive legal reforms

• Criticisms/Challenges

  Gaps in addressing police abuse, inclusion of sex workers, centering marginalized women; concerns about due process; cited as contributing to social fragmentation

• Initial Target Demographic

  Survivors of sexual violence, particularly young women of color from low-wealth communities

• Estimated False Accusation Rate

  2-10% of sexual assault claims (US Dept. of Justice, UK Home Office)

Timeline

• Activist Tarana Burke first uses the phrase "Me Too" on MySpace to support survivors of sexual violence, particularly young women of color from low-wealth communities. (Source: Summary, Wikipedia, Web Search Results)

  2006

• Sexual abuse allegations against film producer Harvey Weinstein are publicized, leading to renewed attention on sexual misconduct. (Source: Summary, Wikipedia, Web Search Results)

  2017-10

• Actress Alyssa Milano posts on Twitter encouraging women to use the hashtag #MeToo to demonstrate the widespread prevalence of sexual harassment and assault. (Source: Summary, Wikipedia, Web Search Results)

  2017-10-15

• The #MeToo hashtag goes viral globally, leading to millions of people sharing their experiences of sexual assault and harassment. (Source: Summary, Wikipedia, Web Search Results)

  2017

• The Time's Up Legal Defense Fund is launched, providing legal and public relations support to individuals who have experienced sexual harassment or assault. (Source: Web Search Results)

  2017

• The MeTooK12 initiative is launched by the nonprofit organization Stop Sexual Assault in Schools to address and prevent sexual harassment and assault in educational settings. (Source: Wikipedia, Web Search Results)

  2018-01

• The movement leads to significant legal reforms, such as abolishing statutes of limitations for reporting sexual crimes and banning non-disclosure agreements that aimed to conceal misconduct allegations. (Source: Web Search Results)

  Ongoing

• The Me Too movement is cited as a contributing factor to social fragmentation and the erosion of America's social fabric. (Source: Related Documents)

  Ongoing

MeToo movement

#MeToo is a social movement and awareness campaign against sexual abuse, sexual harassment and rape culture, in which survivors (led by the voices of women, especially public figures) share their experiences of sexual abuse or sexual harassment. The phrase "Me Too" was initially used in this context on social media around 2006, on Myspace, by sexual assault survivor and activist Tarana Burke. The hashtag #MeToo was used starting in 2017 as a way to draw attention to the magnitude of the problem. "Me Too" is meant to empower those who have been sexually assaulted through empathy, solidarity and strength in numbers, by visibly demonstrating how many have experienced sexual assault and harassment, especially in the workplace. Following multiple exposures of sexual-abuse allegations against film producer Harvey Weinstein in October 2017, the movement began to spread virally as a hashtag on social media. On October 15, 2017, American actress Alyssa Milano posted on Twitter encouraging women to use the phrase “Me too” in their social media posts to demonstrate the widespread prevalence of sexual harassment and assault, stating that the idea came from a friend. A number of high-profile posts and responses from American celebrities Gwyneth Paltrow, Ashley Judd, Jennifer Lawrence, and Uma Thurman, among others, soon followed. Widespread media coverage and discussion of sexual harassment, particularly in Hollywood, led to high-profile terminations from positions held, as well as criticism and backlash. After millions of people started using the phrase and hashtag in this manner in English, the expression began to spread to dozens of other languages. The scope has become somewhat broader with this expansion, however, and Burke has more recently referred to it as an international movement for justice for marginalized people. After the hashtag #MeToo went viral in late 2017, Facebook reported that almost half of its American users were friends with someone who said they had been sexually assaulted or harassed. The #MeToo movement has sparked debate over how to support survivors while ensuring due process for the accused. Although some worry about false accusations and premature consequences, studies by the U.S. Department of Justice and the UK Home Office estimate that false reports make up only 2–10% of sexual assault claims. Commentators like Jude Doyle and Jennifer Wright argue that #BelieveWomen is not a call to abandon due process but a response to the rarity of false allegations. Critics also highlight gaps in the movement’s reach, including its failure to address police abuse, include sex workers, or center marginalized women, who face the highest rates of violence.

Web Search Results

• What is the 'Me Too” Movement

  The ‘me too.’ movement was founded in 2006 by Tarana Burke to support survivors of sexual violence, particularly young women of color from low-wealth communities, to find pathways to healing. The movement’s vision from the beginning has been to address both the dearth of resources for survivors of sexual violence and to build a robust community of advocates and allies. In October 2017, the movement went global as the #MeToo hashtag went viral and survivors across the world came forward about [...] The ability to live free from violence is a basic human right. But sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) persists in every country of the world. 'me too.' International ’s groundbreaking survivor-focused leadership on SGBV sparked the global #MeToo hashtag and movement for change that went viral in 2017. While the movement has achieved meaningful wins for survivors, movements like ‘me too.’ in the US and globally—especially those led by Black and Brown women—continue to be under-resourced, [...] Tarana Burke has visited many countries since then. And as the ‘me too’ movement has grown, many countries have asked to connect with efforts in the US. Their requests have sparked the vision of a global community that centers survivor leadership through deep cross-country relationship building and practice sharing. Much work remains to be done

• MeToo movement

  #MeToo( is a social movement and awareness campaign against sexual abuse, sexual harassment and rape culture, in which women publicize their experiences of sexual abuse or sexual harassment.( The phrase "Me Too" was initially used in this context on social media around 2006, on Myspace, by sexual assault survivor and activist Tarana Burke.( The hashtag_#MeToo_ was used starting in 2017 as a way to draw attention to the magnitude of the problem. "Me Too" is meant to empower those who have been [...] Although the #MeToo movement initially focused on adults, the message spread to students in K–12 schools where sexual abuse can occur both in person and online.( MeTooK12 is a related initiative launched in January 2018 by the nonprofit organization Stop Sexual Assault in Schools, founded by Joel Levin and Esther Warkov "Esther Warkov (activist)"). It aims to address and prevent sexual harassment and assault in educational settings from kindergarten to high school.( #MeTooK12 was inspired in

• Get To Know Us | History & Inception

  In 2006, the “me too.” Movement was founded by survivor and activist Tarana Burke. In those early years, we developed our vision to bring resources, support, and pathways to healing where none existed before. And we got to work building a community of advocates determined to interrupt sexual violence wherever it happens. [...] In 2017, the #metoo hashtag went viral and woke up the world to the magnitude of the problem of sexual violence. What had begun as local grassroots work had now become a global movement — seemingly overnight. Within a six-month span, our message reached a global community of survivors. Suddenly there were millions of people from all walks of life saying “me too”. And they needed our help.

• Me Too movement | Definition, History, Purpose, & Societal ...

  Me Too movement, awareness movement around the issue of sexual harassment and sexual abuse of women in the workplace that grew to prominence in 2017 in response to news reports of sexual abuse by American film producer Harvey Weinstein. While the phrase had been in the lexicon for more than a decade, a tweet by American actressAlyssa Milano sparked a social media phenomenon that raised awareness, gave voice to survivors, and led to sweeping cultural and workplace changes. [...] The movement is credited with giving visibility to the scope of sexual violence within the United States and across the world. It is also defined by a push for accountability, including examining power structures in the workplace that had enabled misconduct, and, in some cases, renewed efforts to seek justice for survivors through criminal and civil court systems. In the first year of the movement, numerous prominent men lost their jobs after they were publicly accused of wrongdoing. [...] Since then, the Me Too movement’s legacy has broadened to encompass issues related to gender equity in the workplace and legal reforms to eliminate barriers that had prohibited victims from coming forward. Some U.S. states have since abolished statutes of limitations for reporting sexual crimes and banned nondisclosure agreements (NDAs) that aimed to keep misconduct allegations from the public’s view. The movement has also led to changes in the workplace and society at large through the

• The #MeToo Movement Six Years Later: What's Changed And ...

  Movements require tenacity and brave people to come forward not for the benefit of themselves, but for the benefits of the greater good to create change. Though there is much more work to be done, the #MeToo movement has helped create some progress in terms of accountability for sexual harassment at the larger institutional level in male-dominated industries and organizations, such as in the trucking industry, in the military, and in the National Football League (NFL). [...] If there is one overarching lesson from the #MeToo movement, it’s about people’s ability to come together as a source of power to drive real cultural progress. Using your voice and finding community is critical to drive change in regards to all the intersecting issues impacting gender equality, from workplace harassment to wage gaps to abortion bans to childcare cliffs. All of these things impact whether women are financially secure and have access to health care, shaping the trajectory of [...] This autumn marks the sixth anniversary of when the #MeToo movement went viral. While activist Tarana Burke originally coined the phrase ‘me too’ in 2006, it was the year of the Women’s March in 2017 when actress Alyssa Milano’s ‘me too’ tweet started a domino effect where survivors stepped forward en masse. Within 24 hours, more than 12 million women who had also experienced sexual assault and harassment responded. Shortly after came the launch of Time’s Up Legal Defense Fund, which was