Judy Woodruff:
The #MeToo hashtag has thousands and thousands of girls sharing tales of abuse, highlighting an alarming actuality in our society.
It was first utilized in 2007, however when actress Alyssa Milano tweeted it Sunday night time to speak about sexual harassment and assault within the wake of the Harvey Weinstein story, it went viral. The hashtag was tweeted practically 1,000,000 occasions in simply 48 hours. Fb reported that 45% of its customers have pals who posted the hashtag #MeToo, with ladies writing about their experiences across the office and tradition, and what wants to vary.
We discover a few of these points with Fatima Goss Greaves. She’s president of the Nationwide Ladies’s Regulation Heart. Lisa Senecal wrote about her personal expertise for the net information web site The Each day Beast. She works with the Vermont Fee on Ladies. Melissa Silverstein is the founding father of the weblog and web site Ladies and Hollywood.
Thanks all for coming with us.
Lisa Senecal, I am going to begin with you.
You’ve gotten had private expertise with sexual harassment. That is partly what attracted you to this #MeToo motion.
Simply inform us briefly what occurred.
LISA SENECAL, VERMONT COMMISSION ON WOMEN: Completely.
Like most ladies, I’ve had various experiences with sexual harassment, beginning with my first job, once I was 15 years previous. That is been an intermittent menace all through my complete profession.
Probably the most egregious crime was the precise assault that occurred with a male govt. Sadly, due to the NDA – and we will go into the evils of non-disclosure once more – however due to that, there’s not a lot I can say a few particular occasion.
However the situation of sexual harassment has lastly come to the fore, and many ladies are already conscious of it from being on the receiving finish. And I feel, particularly with the #MeToo marketing campaign, it has been a very nice and eye-opening expertise for males to understand how widespread this situation is.