Although the founder, Tarana Burke, launched the movement more than 10 years ago, it became very popular in 2017. The #MeToo movement created a safe space for women who were sexually abused. A recent tweet made by an actress in 2017 made the hashtag go viral. Women on all platforms of social media were speaking up about their sexual abuse. It shed light on matters that affected women and showed how unprivileged they are and men’s abuse of power.

Men are constantly getting away with issues like these just because they are men, people don’t believe women, especially in rape cases. But I want to point out how big of an issue rape and sexual abuse is. Women do not speak up often about these issues due to fear, embarrassment, or simply not knowing how. Rape is traumatizing and we need to make safe communities to allow these women to find help and seek treatment physically and mentally.