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The #Metoo Movement In Comparative Perspective, Dr. Joanne Sweeny
The #Metoo Movement In Comparative Perspective, Dr. Joanne Sweeny
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law
Introduction.
The #MeToo movement is one of the most far-reaching social media movements in history and its impact can still be felt years later. As the hashtag in the name suggests, the #MeToo movement gained the bulk of its momentum on Twitter but the movement’s actual origins began on MySpace in 2006. Tarana Burke, a long-time activist, founded the nonprofit organization Just Be Inc., which serves survivors of sexual assault and harassment. Burke came up with the concept of “me too” in 1997 when she was counseling a 13-year-old survivor of sexual abuse at a youth camp. Burke states that …