The Me Too Movement in Entertainment Industry
In 1997, Tarana Burke sat across from a thirteen-year-old girl who was sexually abused. After she described her experience, Burke was left speechless, even as a survivor herself, she had no words of comfort or responsiveness because it was not something she could relate to in that depth and at that moment, the Me-Too movement idea was brought to life. The year 2006 rolled around, and Burke began a movement to help young women who had become victims of sexual assault, abuse, and harassment. To extend the restorative process for survivors, Burke named the organization “Me Too,” to point out to these women that they were not isolated in their experiences. #MeToo has brought a new outlook into the women’s movement, especially into understanding and correcting sexual harassment, abuse and assault. It has spurred activists around the globe, and it has placed thousands of these people’s stories in full view of the public so it cannot be overlooked or buried anymore.
Women's activist researchers oppose that sexual harassment is what causes danger towards women overall. Sexual harassment demoralizes ladies' working environment authority, strengthens sexual generalizations about proper sex conduct, and diminishes them to sexual items. We're at a prominent point for women. In October 2017, the #MeToo spread over the world not just because of Tarana Burke, but because of what the entertainment industry and other industries try to hide like Harvey Weinstein. This man who was once the equivalent to Hollywood as a whole, embodied repulsive behavior that started one of the most important exchanges in the entertainment industry’s history. All it took to jump start was a few brave women who came forward about their mistreatment at his hands. The allegations reaching Weinstein vary from sexual harassment to rape, which includes the stories of over eighty women and extend through several decades. What started as a Hollywood scandal, blew open the door for public retribution everywhere and quickly turned into a movement to raise not only awareness for sexual assault but a safe place for women who have been sexually assaulted or harassed to share their stories.
The claims and the women coming forward about sexual misconduct in the industry were further awakened when actress, Alyssa Milano turned to twitter to create a twitter tag that became viral almost instantly. She wrote, “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,” and that is exactly what happen.
Overall many people, not just women but men as well came forward with their own stories. The results of the rising #MeToo movement in the entertainment industry and the amplified focus on gender disparity and sexual transgressions spread way beyond the accusers and the accused. Thousands of women began using the two words on social media to identify themselves as survivors of sexual harassment and assault.
