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Alyssa Milano encouraged women to tweet "me too" if they have ever been victims of sexual harassment or assault, and many of her Hollywood friends -- both male and female -- flooded the social media platform with their personal stories.
"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," Milano tweeted on Sunday. The simple yet powerful phrase quickly became a trend on Twitter and on other social media platforms.
If you've been sexually harassed or assaulted write 'me too' as a reply to this tweet. pic.twitter.com/k2oeCiUf9n
@Alyssa_Milano
"Because I was shamed and considered a 'party girl' I felt I deserved it. I shouldn't have been there, I shouldn't have been 'bad' #metoo," actress Evan Rachel Wood responded.
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View StoryThe movement is a direct response to the Harvey Weinstein scandal, where several actresses have accused him of sexual misconduct. While some tweets just read "me too," others have touching recounts of what happened to them. By early Monday, more than 200,000 #MeToo tweets were published under the hashtag.
Weinstein's lawyer denied many of the more serious sexual misconduct allegations against the disgraced movie mogul in a statement reading, "Any allegations of non-consensual sex are unequivocally denied by Mr. Weinstein. Mr. Weinstein has further confirmed that there were never any acts of retaliation against any women for refusing his advances."
See who else in Hollywood has said "me too."
Because I was shamed and considered a "party girl" I felt I deserved it. I shouldnt have been there, I shouldn't have been "bad" #metoo
@evanrachelwood
It took a while for my body to feel again after shutting down. Empathy, joy, sex, tears, all had to be re-learned. #metoo
@evanrachelwood
Me too. I don't know if means anything coming from a gay man but it's happened. Multiple times.
@JMunozActor
All too pervasive... Me too. #MeToo #TogetherWeRise https://t.co/ju5K3USDt8
@rosariodawson
Retweeting myself, important, #MeToo https://t.co/tRSMCKBO2s
@PauleyP
#metoo I was raped by my mother and a male family member, sexually assaulted as a model, sexually harassed by the director of my agency.
@TheNikkiDuBose
Me too
@AnnaPaquin
Me, too #MeToo
@AnikaNoniRose
It's taken me 13 years to say #MeToo .He is still protected by 'family members' in Brazil. They've told lies to papers to try to silence me.
@kScodders
solidarity counts for something. but this shouldn't be our problem to fix #MeToo
@chescaleigh
Because it's still hard to talk about, it makes it all the more important to say:#MeToo
@megturney
#MeToo - Crowded tram at Disney, sat a row behind my family. Man kept his hand on my thigh the whole ride, stroking the fine hair there. His friend looked on. Think I was 11 but scared to confirm dates of that trip with my mom, because I never told anyone. Us too. All of us.
@Allison_Tolman
To every person that shared a story or the hashtag- I believe you. I stand with you. Forever. #MeToo
@JennKaytin
Me too
@RenaSofer
me too
@LeaKThompson
Me too
@lauradreyfuss
Me too.
@amandadeibert
I believe you. #MeToo
@MrAaronAbrams
#MeToo
@samisblond
Sexual assault affects the LGBTQ+ ppl as much as it does straight.
None of us are alone, all of us can help stop it.
Actually really really interested to know if there are women out there who have *never* experienced sexual harassment. #metoo
@jojomoyes
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