After the #MeToo movement sought to reveal the ubiquity of sexual assault, there has been a variety of reactions in response.
#MeToo has been criticized by advocates, saying that although it's good that people are sharing their stories through the movement and bring attention to how widespread the problem is, it doesn’t provide a solution.
If you’ve been sexually harassed or assaulted write ‘me too’ as a reply to this tweet. pic.twitter.com/k2oeCiUf9n
— Alyssa Milano (@Alyssa_Milano) October 15, 2017
The movement was shifted after someone asked the question, “How many women will it take to say #MeToo before men talk about #HimThough?”
I'm proud of women for sharing their stories on #MeToo but we need a shift about how we talk about sexual assault so i'm starting #HimThough
— Liz Plank (@feministabulous) October 17, 2017
How many women will it take to say #MeToo before men talk about #HimThough.
— Liz Plank (@feministabulous) October 17, 2017
In response, a new movement is trending that challenges people to say #HowIWillChange.
“Guys, it’s our turn,” reads a post from the creator of the movement, Benjamin Law.
“After yesterday’s endless #MeToo stories of women being abused, assaulted and harassed, today we say #HowIWillChange.”
Guys, it's our turn.
— Benjamin Law 🌈 (@mrbenjaminlaw) October 16, 2017
After yesterday's endless #MeToo stories of women being abused, assaulted and harassed, today we say #HowIWillChange.
Law then tweeted several ways that he plans on being an ally, not a perpetrator, including donating to women’s shelter, calling out sexism, and recognizing that if every women he knows has been sexually harassed, abused, or assaulted, then he either knows perpetrators, or is one.
#HowIWillChange: Pull up men I know on sexism & report them for rape. I have less to lose than women doing the same. https://t.co/KAuACyuNzu
— Benjamin Law 🌈 (@mrbenjaminlaw) October 16, 2017
#HowIWillChange: Recognise I don't need to be a perpetrator to be a bad guy. Questioning harassment, not doing anything about it—all as bad.
— Benjamin Law 🌈 (@mrbenjaminlaw) October 16, 2017
#HowIWillChange: Recognise anything we offer to do using this hashtag is already done by women every day and they cop endless abuse for it.
— Benjamin Law 🌈 (@mrbenjaminlaw) October 16, 2017
The #MeToo hashtag was originally created by Alyssa Milano in response the Harvey Weinstein sexual assault scandal, where she asked followers to write “Me too” as their status to give people a sense of the magnitude of the problem.
