Why the #MeToo movement matters

Australian Community Media

The #MeToo movement took off after women came forward with accusations of sexual harassment from Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein and since then more allegations of assault have come out against high profile men in entertainment.

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00:00 Thousands of women around the world spoke out against sexual harassment using just two words, #MeToo.

00:05 #MeToo has...

00:07 The #MeToo hashtag is...

00:08 The #MeToo movement is...

00:09 The #MeToo movement...

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00:43 In 2006, 12 years ago, I laid across a mattress on my floor in my one-bedroom apartment.

00:52 Frustrated with all the sexual violence that I saw in my community, I pulled out a piece

00:57 of paper and I wrote #MeToo on the top of it.

01:01 And I proceeded to write out an action plan for building a movement based on empathy between survivors.

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