Category: Me Too Movement

In 2017, when actress Alyssa Milano asked her followers to tweet #MeToo if they had ever been sexually harassed, social media went into a frenzy. At that moment, activist Tarana Burke who started the Me Too movement in 2006, became a minor character in a global story. The spotlight that shines on privileged women who…

The MeToo movement is a movement started when an activist named Tarana Burke came out with her story of sexual harassment. The Story reached a lot of people making them want to join the movement and talk about their own stories and cases of when they were sexually harassed. Enough Stories built up where eventually…

Introduction America has been a patriarchal society since its founding of the country. The founding fathers of the government were all men. Even the Declaration of Independence states that all men are created equal, leaving women completely out of the text. While women are slowly fighting for more freedoms and rights, men in America hold…

Iraqi Women Turn to Social Media in Battle for Rights Amid Danger The Internet’s Role in Advancing Women’s Rights Globally The Internet has played an important role in everyone’s life since it was introduced to the public. Since its introduction to the world, it has become a necessity in every home for being an unlimited…