Anti-sexual assault demonstration broke out in Hollywood, and the demonstration board had bright spots.
Since the sexual harassment scandal of Hollywood production tycoon broke out, "Me too" has become the hottest tag on American social media. More and more people openly "I am also a victim of sexual assault" on social media.
According to the news of the Los Angeles Daily News Network on November 12th, on that day, some people who had experienced sexual assault and harassment and their supporters marched in Hollywood with slogans such as "Me too", "Unite" and "Say no to sexual harassment", so as to point the accusation at the powerful classes in the entertainment industry and other industries.
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The parade began in the center of Hollywood Heights, and many people took part with their families and friends. People shouted: "Harvey Varnstam is a joke-women just woke up!" " "Your mess is not my job!" "Survivors unite and we will never be separated." No matter what we wear, no matter where we go,’ yes’ means’ yes’ and’ no’ means’ no’.
Linda Crossley, a yoga teacher and psychotherapist, said that she came from Huntington to take part in this parade, hoping to call on women’s right to speak to be properly protected and support those women who have been oppressed and abused. Before taking part in the parade, she told reporters briefly: "In real life, it seems that every woman has been violated to some extent. The current situation is very exciting, because the fact of sexual assault no longer needs to be hidden. "
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In fact, the situation Linda said benefited from the social networking activities launched by Alyssa Milano. During the activity, Alyssa Milano said, "If you have been sexually harassed or sexually assaulted, please write down’ Me Too’ to show your position, so that we can make people realize the seriousness of the matter". As a result, within 24 hours, more than 4.7 million people participated in the exchange on Facebook, and there were more than 12 million related comments and interactions.
Tarana Burke, an activist who launched the March, said: "Harvey Varnstam is not alone. There are many men around us doing the same thing. If we unite, the discussion about sexual harassment in Hollywood will spread to other industries and fields. Sexual harassment does not target a specific race, class or gender, and it may happen to everyone. "
Cathy Schulman, the producer of the Oscar-winning work Crash, told hundreds of demonstrators: "In the workplace, discrimination against women must be solved from top to bottom." On the afternoon of the parade, she also called: "We need to achieve gender balance in various companies and set up diversified committees." "Moreover, before a decision is made, we need to see the voices of women and other vulnerable groups."
Other speakers at the event included Francis Fisher, an actor and trade union member, Chelsea Byers, who is committed to opposing rape and sexual assault, and Estefania Rebellon, an actor and event leader. Byers said: "Sexual violence is a common phenomenon in the workplace. But sexual violence exists in many other ways in the whole society. When we connect these stories and bring them to the public eye, we can really start to emphasize all kinds of cross-cutting problems and the solutions we need. "
Although women dominated this massive parade, many men participated in it. Anthony Solis, a 40-year-old Hollywood actor, said that he came to the parade on the one hand to support women, and on the other hand to appeal to people to realize that this kind of thing will also happen to men. One night last year, when he shared a room with a man he didn’t know very well, he was invaded. Late at night, the man kissed him on his bed without his permission. But Anthony Solis is helpless: "whenever I reflect similar incidents, I always feel left out."
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The problem of paedophilia has also aroused widespread resonance. Aleesha Barlow, founder of Tell Somebody organization, told the crowd that it was a "wonderful" experience for her to participate in this activity, and she thought that "our world needs to be changed". Because Aleesha suffered sexual assault in her childhood, her organization has always been committed to appealing to the public to pay attention to children and not to make this young group live in the shadow of sexual assault.
It is natural to expect that the slogan against harvey weinstein appeared on the demonstration card. However, the "eye-catching" netizens found that Trump’s head also appeared in it:
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In fact, as early as 1997, a woman named Jill Haas sued Trump for attempted rape. After Trump ran for the presidency of the United States, this past event was dug up by the media. Trump’s discriminatory remarks about women have also caused an avalanche of public condemnation. On the second day after he was elected president, a group launched a women’s March all over the United States. In Washington alone, the number of marchers exceeded 500,000. Scarlett Johansson, Emma Charlotte Duerre Watson and other famous movie stars all appeared in the procession, so it can be said that more than half of Hollywood joined the movement.
At that time, there was such a scene of "stealing the mirror":
When an acquaintance Varnstam had an accident, Trump said, "I’m not surprised.". However, when a reporter asked him how these were different from his original remarks about women "grabbing their nakedness", he only responded "those are conversations in the cloakroom" and quickly changed the subject.
With the current anti-sexual assault in Hollywood, the list of perpetrators and victims is getting longer and longer, and Trump may have another headache …
