A #MeToo challenge from Women Speak for Themselves

It may have started with a small movement—publicized by a tweet from an actress—but it’s turned into a cultural phenomenon that’s raised the voices of ordinary women from all different backgrounds. Those voices have spurred a national conversation about abuse of power, sexual ethics, and women and men.

We’ve paid attention as the movement grew; we’ve processed our own thoughts and listened to many of your thoughts. As different public figures step aside or are fired, and other accused harassers stay in their positions of power, and as commentary after commentary ponders what guardrails concerning sex should be put in place in the workplace and in our culture, one thing has been clear to us: this is a moment Women Speak For Themselves was made for.

Time Magazine named the women of #MeToo the “Silence Breakers.” We at WSFT believe they have been victims twice: once by the men who harassed or assaulted them, and once by a culture that has told all of us that sex or sexual touch shouldn’t be any big deal.

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