Reality and Difficulties of #Me Too

While the #Me Too Movement has been a common theme in media outlets recently, there is not a lot of evidence visible to this reporter that Hillside students are taking note on a wide scale.

Junior Karen Ortez-Garcia, having lunch with friends in the Hillside cafeteria, shared her point of view. "I think that the #Me Too movement is just a bandwagon at this point."

Senior Qadmon Hope added, "I believe that women should be able to tell their story, but they shouldn't wait years to come forward, because it makes their story less credible."

The #Me Too movement began in 2006 when social activist Tarana Burke used the phrase on the social app MySpace. Burke's use of the term was intended to empower women who had suffered sexual assault and abuse, especially in underprivileged communities. Burke began to make a docuementary on the topic after she was unable to respond to the story of a 13 year old who had been sexually assaulted. In 2017, actor Alyssa Milano encouraged spreading the hashtag #MeToo to draw attention to sexual harrassment and assault.