When #MeToo Floods Social Media With Stories Of Harassment And Assault

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With people being highly active on social media, there are many trends and crazes that people usually share and follow. One such trend that is catching up of late is #MeToo, which is letting people confess about the sexual abuse that they have undergone at some point of time in their lives.

This trend was started by actress Alyssa Milano, who tweeted a note that read, "Suggested by a friend: If all the women who have been sexually harassed or assaulted wrote "Me too" as a status, we might give people a sense of the magnitude of the problem."

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"If you've been sexually harassed or assaulted write 'me too' as a reply to this tweet," she wrote.

There have been many reactions on the social media, as the feeds are filled with such confessions. So do not be confused or shocked if you get to see your loved one confess this way!

Here are some of the reactions and confessions of people about this trend and how it started...

If you’ve been sexually harassed or assaulted write ‘me too’ as a reply to this tweet. pic.twitter.com/k2oeCiUf9n

— Alyssa Milano (@Alyssa_Milano) October 15, 2017

#MeToo What you learn is that its not about surviving that night, the weeks and months after, the trauma can hit you again years later.

— Andrea Chalupa (@AndreaChalupa) October 16, 2017

Me too https://t.co/ScX67Kmmiy

— Debra Messing (@DebraMessing) October 15, 2017

To everyone whos posted a #MeToo tweet I want you to know I think youre incredibly courageous, its not your fault and I believe you.

— Samuel Brown (@samueljohnbrown) October 16, 2017

Because I was shamed and considered a "party girl" I felt I deserved it. I shouldnt have been there, I shouldnt have been "bad" #metoo

— #EvanRachelWould (@evanrachelwood) October 16, 2017

Last but not the least, when men even added their voices...

Me too. I don’t know if means anything coming from a gay man but it’s happened. Multiple times.

— Javier Muñoz (@JMunozActor) October 15, 2017

So go ahead and be bold and confess about the abuse if you have been through!