hmichellerose on Nostr: It’s been over 7 years since the #MeToo movement and I need to take a moment to ...
It’s been over 7 years since the #MeToo movement and I need to take a moment to appreciate all that it did for women.
This movement began the flipping of sexual assault shame from the victims, to the perpetrators. It dramatically improved my life and my safety, and gave me hope for my daughters safety in the world.
Prior to Oct 2017, I had bought into the idea that the mistreatment of women was mostly a thing of the past. Because of this I as assumed that the assaults and mistreatment that I had endured must have been flukes, horrible luck, or just a result of stupidity on my part. It wasn’t until that week, when I received a flood of texts and calls from female friends telling me the stories of the abuse that they endured, that I learned that I wasn’t unlucky at all, I was actually very, very fortunate as nearly all my American female friends had endured much worse abuse than I did.
The abuse that I had endured wasn’t a fluke, it was simply the result of the abuse of women still being endemic in our world. That week lifted the veil of secrecy and shame that was so pervasive.
To those who are concerned about the use of #metoo as a political weapon, remember, it is the job of a politician or any sort of “influencer” to jump on any bandwagon they can find and try to steer it in a direction that serves them. The abuse of the me too movement is exactly that, just more abuse in the world. Those using this for personal gain also deserve our condemnation, they deserve to carry some shame.
This movement began the flipping of sexual assault shame from the victims, to the perpetrators. It dramatically improved my life and my safety, and gave me hope for my daughters safety in the world.
Prior to Oct 2017, I had bought into the idea that the mistreatment of women was mostly a thing of the past. Because of this I as assumed that the assaults and mistreatment that I had endured must have been flukes, horrible luck, or just a result of stupidity on my part. It wasn’t until that week, when I received a flood of texts and calls from female friends telling me the stories of the abuse that they endured, that I learned that I wasn’t unlucky at all, I was actually very, very fortunate as nearly all my American female friends had endured much worse abuse than I did.
The abuse that I had endured wasn’t a fluke, it was simply the result of the abuse of women still being endemic in our world. That week lifted the veil of secrecy and shame that was so pervasive.
To those who are concerned about the use of #metoo as a political weapon, remember, it is the job of a politician or any sort of “influencer” to jump on any bandwagon they can find and try to steer it in a direction that serves them. The abuse of the me too movement is exactly that, just more abuse in the world. Those using this for personal gain also deserve our condemnation, they deserve to carry some shame.