The tweet that started it all.
If you've been on social media for the past 2 weeks or so, you would've noticed the trending #MeToo. Actress Alyssa Milano, best known for her role as Phoebe in Charmed, started this with the above tweet and thousands of brave women came forward with their stories.
This followed the news of the sexual harassment allegations against Harvey Weinstein, a famous film producer and former film studio executive. I can honestly say that I'm not surprised. I mean there are 1000's of Harvey Weinsteins out there, preying on the insecurities of women, on their absolute hunger to succeed and making it in their chosen industries. Amongst the over 40 women that came forward are famous names like Italian actor Asia Argento, who alleged he raped her and then she had a one-sided consensual relationship with him because she was afraid he will ruin her career, British actor Lysette Anthony, Lucia Evans, then Stoller, to name a few. We've also seen famous actresses like Angelina Jolie coming forward about rejecting his advances and chose never to work with him and warned others not to and Gwyneth Paltrow who rejected his advances but was forced to keep it a secret because she was afraid he will fire her.
All these have 2 things in common: A young woman, naive, eager to make it in Hollywood and the one man who can help her achieve it. The one man who knows he had the power to do whatever he pleases and no one will report him because their careers will be over. A lot of people made comments like, "there's other careers" and "if it was me, I would've reported him". Allow me to be honest with you:
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