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MeToo Movement: How a Hashtag Rocked the World Five Years Later
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The #MeToo movement transformed into a social revolution of historical significance by causing the world to realize the ongoing sexual abuse that women experience on a daily basis. Its legacy is still up for debate. On October 15, 2017, American actor Alyssa Milano invited women to share their stories of sexual harassment by using the hashtag “Me too.” According to Pew Research Center, the hashtag had been used more than 19 million times within a year, propelling the topic of sexual assault to the top of the international agenda. Naturally, the movement was built upon years of feminism’s struggle; in fact, Tarana Burke, an activist, coined the phrase “Me Too” ten years ago for a charity that supported abuse victims.

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It took off after a shocking New York Times investigation about movie producer Harvey Weinstein, who it turned out had been raping and assaulting women for years while getting away with it, including many in the industry.

Many influential figures in the entertainment business faced a reckoning.

House of Cards fired Kevin Spacey, and Ridley Scott’s “All the Money in the World” was reshot with a different actor in his place.

The leaders of CBS, Fox News, Amazon Studios, and Vox Media were ejected.

Barely a week went by without another famous name being disgraced, including actor James Franco, opera singer Placido Domingo, comedian Louis C.K., fashion photographer Terry Richardson, and celebrity chef Mario Batali.

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Previously untouchable individuals, including singer R. Kelly, financier Jeffrey Epstein, and former “America’s dad” Bill Cosby, were sentenced to prison time as a result of the most serious allegations.

Beyond the entertainment industry, politicians, athletes, and significant tech companies like Google and Uber came under pressure.

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Its power came from bringing to light what had always been hidden in plain sight.

Although the US served as the epicentre, aftershocks were felt worldwide.

Whether it was a Serbian drama teacher accused of rape, abuse by ultra-Orthodox authorities in Israel, or a “sex for grades” scandal at a Moroccan university, abuse instances became more difficult to ignore when they surfaced.

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The Pew survey revealed that 33% of #MeToo tweets in the first year were made in a language other than English, including regional variations like #YoTambien in Spanish or #BalanceTonPorc (“rat out your pig” in French), 7% in Afrikaans, and 4% in Somali.