Two simple words are forcing women across the world to relive their traumas over and over again without any warning. #MeToo. In case you’ve been living under an internetless rock, the “me too” hashtag is a viral campaign to illustrate the magnitude of women affected by sexual harassment and sexual assault. Within days of the campaigns start, there were over 12 million Facebook posts and 53 thousands tweets declaring “me too” alongside detailed accounts of each individual's assaults, according to CBS News (2017, cbsnews.com. Retrieved on Dec. 2, 2017). “Me too” is an amazing campaign that sheds light on a dark subject we don’t often speak about. However, it is doing just as much harm as it is good for women. Survivors of sexual harassment and assault are forced to relive their traumas on replay every time they see the words “me too” online, regardless of whether they chose to partake in the campaign or not - and it’s causing them emotional turmoil. …show more content…
Even more disturbing, every 98 seconds an American is sexually assaulted. On average, this equals out to over 321 thousand victims every year (2016, RAINN.org. Retrieved on Dec. 2, 2017).
Though men are victims of sexual assault as well, it is not even close to the amount as women. One out of every 10 rape victims are men, which means that nine out of every 10 rape victims are female. Nine. This is a gender issue and has to be treated as such (2016, RAINN.org. Retrieved on Dec. 2,