#MeeToo

 

– How do you think the #metoo movement has impacted our society?

 

#MeeToo a movement against sexual harassment and sexual assaults. Since the movement has become, it has had some impacted our community in multiple ways; the main one being that it has brought out a lot of people out from the depths of our communities from being too embarrassed and shy to actually admit that they have been harassed or assaulted. This gives people a voice, that little push they need and have brought down a lot of people who have conducted in these immoral actions, giving them power but not physically but rather mentally. But at the same time, some people even say that this movement has caused too many people to over-exaggerate about their experiences, many times, just for a little spotlight in the crowd. 

 

 Thinking about the IB concepts of identity and representation, how do you think the #metoo movement could potentially change how TV/film/adverts represent men and women? 

 

The #MeeToo movement will have a big impact on how TV/film/adverts represent men and women. One out of many reasons this movement is such a big stakeholder for how TV/film/adverts represent men and women is due to the effects of the #meetoo. The #meetoo potentially puts the spotlight on the assaulter/harasser even if he or she hasn’t done anything wrong, and more well known that person is, the bigger the effect it has on them. For example, it can lead to the TV/film/adverts company being boycotted. This leads those company’s controlling how they operate in front of the public, causing them to prevent making sexual adverts, films or movies where one of either two is even hinted to be harassed or assaulted.

 

– Which global issues (the IB global issues that we see on our news padlet) do you think the #metoo movement relates to? 

 

I feel that the Culture, Identity and Community and the Power, Politics and Justice sections both relate to the #MeeToo. The main reasons these relate to each other is due to people who are affected indirectly or directly by this movement, either if they are the person who has been assaulted or harassed, or the assaulter or the harasser themself; they both either gain or lose power. And power relates to Culture, Identity and Community and the Power, Politics and Justice, affecting all problems that fall in the radius of both of these issues.