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Analysis: The Marginalized Voices Of The # Metoo Movement

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The cultural and economic differences in women, recognition of the movement by a celebrity’s input and the influential impact of affluent women to cause a change are the main issues surrounding the article. ‘The Marginalized voices of the #MeToo movement’ is an article written by Eugene Scott on December 7, 2017, of a movement created for women of color to feel comfortable to speak out on sexual harassment issues. This movement gained recognition when actress Alyssa Milano tweeted #MeToo, but it was actually started a decade ago by Tarana Burke an activist from the Bronx. As more popular women went on to express their views on sexual harassment and share their experience it is believed now that the light is being taken away from the women in …show more content…

So it is hard to speak out about a lot of our discomfort, because we may feel it is wrong or no one will believe us. While some may believe we, as women, are striving for equality among men, it is a completely different topic in regards to a job versus sexual harassment. The article expresses the abuse among women of color in low income jobs, who may not speak out for fear of losing their jobs. But these women may have children at home taking care of, or may be trying to complete a degree. Many are single mothers, undocumented families and are categorized as the minority group. So, who can blame them in trying to hold on to the little they have? They may want to speak up, but it is their boss’s word against theirs. For that reason, the #MeToo movement was created and aims to change that, making victims feel comfortable in speaking out without fear of losing their only source of …show more content…

However, Milano wasn’t the one who started the movement, the attempt was made over a decade ago. Why then, is it only now being recognized and heard around the world? Is it because of Milano’s popularity? Burke started the movement long ago for women without a voice, not to say that women of status are not getting abused as well, but they already have that platform for which their voices will be heard, and justice can be carried out. Paragraph 6 of the article provides evidence of the abuse against women of color in lower income jobs, proving that data and statistics exist, but major steps are still not taken. These abusers are still not called out. They can afford the best lawyers and still get to keep their CEO positions. Therefore, it is laudable that the movement is getting attention as there is power in numbers, but we don’t want the light to be completely taken off the minority and shine on the women with influence alone. Furthermore, this brings home the point about women of color and ‘the voice,’ because the movement was started by a black woman in the Bronx, but is now popular on social media because an influential white woman tweeted

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