Canada: #METOO Movement, Guillotine Justice And The Law Of Sexual Harassment

The #METOO Movement: A Reckoning

• In its first week, #metoo was used on Twitter > 1 Million times

• #metoo was used on Facebook by more than 4.7 million people in 12 million posts during the first 24 hours
• On Facebook, more than 45% of people in the US are friends with someone who posted a message using #metoo

• Over 5 billion people saw a #metoo tweet
• 30.1% of people using the hashtag in the first week were men
• Canadians came behind only the US and UK for most #metoo tweets
• The tweet had global variations, all with the same purpose
  • French #balancetonporc
  • Spanish #YoTambien
  • Arab countries, # وأنا_كمان and # وانا_ايضا

Protests and Momentum

• The Women's March 2018
• 2nd anniversary of the Women's March on Washington, to

• protest Trump's presidency, sexual assault & feminist issues
• Museum curators are collecting protest signs as "signs of our time"
  • #metoo Movement
  • No longer just an online presence
• Time Magazines Person of the Year: The SilenceBreakers
• #TimesUp Black Dress Protest
  • against Sexual Misconduct and Gender Inequity in the
  • Workplace
  • Hollywood takes a stand at the Golden Globes
  • Time's Up Legal Defense Fund

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