#MeToo is about encouraging women and men to confirm their devastating and unspoken truth. After actress, Alyssa Milano, spoke about her story about getting harassed and posted it with #MeToo, over 1 million people immediately wrote about their own experiences.  According to CNN, in less than 24 hours after Alyssa Milano spoke about her story, 4.7 million people around the world have engaged in the #MeToo conversation, with more than 12 million posts, comments and reactions. According to Facebook, at least 45% of people in the United States knows someone who´s posted a message with ´MeToo´. CNN, stated that “#MeToo is changing lives for people of both genders.”

At the 2018 Golden Globes, actresses and actors wore black to support those who have been harassed. Most of the actresses that have wore black were harassed too. Women have been sharing their stories on how they’ve been sexually harassed. They’ve been posting it on social media and tagging it with  #MeToo. Some of their stories are about getting sexually harassed at work, but it doesn’t always happen at work. It could happen anywhere, especially online. An author named Sue Scheff, recently released a book called “Shame Nation”. “Shame Nation” is stories of women who’ve been sexually harassed online. This book is giving women a voice and letting them speak out. Some women that have been sexually harassed at work, are afraid to go back after it happens.

According to an article on CNN, a women named Samantha Shulman, was sexually harassed at an audition. She said that she kept this guilt inside her until she found out that other women had similar stories just like hers. Samantha Shulman said that when she heard of #MeToo, she didn’t feel alone. On the Metoo movement website it states that over 17,700,000 women have been sexually harassed since 1998. Some celebrities that have been harassed like Reese Witherspoon, Jennifer Lawrence, Oprah Winfrey, Lady Gaga, Queen Latifah, and Angelina Jolie. Some men that have been harassed are Tyler Perry, Mike Tyson, Axl Rose, Robert Blake, and Carlos Santana. New York Times stated, that after you write #MeToo, you will never have to write it again.