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#MeToo: Women tell stories of sexual assault and harassment on social media

Actress Alyssa Milano started the movement in wake of allegations against Harvey Weinstein
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Actress Alyssa Milano is asking women to share their stories with #MeToo. (Wikimedia Commons)

What started as a Tweet from Alyssa Milano has blossomed into a movement where thousands of women are sharing their stories of sexual assault and harassment.

The actress sent out a tweet on Sunday afternoon, asking any woman who had been sexually harassed or assaulted to reply 鈥渕e too鈥 to her message.

By Sunday night, #MeToo was trending on Twitter as women spoke out.

Milano鈥檚 tweet was sparked by the now , as well as those in the past against U.S. President Donald Trump.

Some people had a chilling message for those who had been blind to the issue:

Do you want to share your story? Email katya.slepian.@bpdigital.ca or message on Twitter.


katya.slepian@bpdigital.ca

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