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Louise O'Neill Latest Celeb To Show Her Support For '#Me Too' Movement

Women around the world have been posting the message '#me too' on their social media outlets in an effort to raise awareness of sexual assault.

On Sunday former 'Charmed' actress Alyssa Milano tweeted  "Suggested by a friend: If all the women who have been sexually harassed or assaulted wrote "Me too" as a status, we might give people a sense of the magnitude of the problem."
"If you've been sexually harassed or assaulted write 'me too' as a reply to this tweet," she wrote.

Milano spoke out against Weinstein on her website, Patriot not Partisan, on Oct. 9, four days after the New York Times story was published.

This idea was originally that of feminist activist Tarana Burke, but it was Milano's post that garnered a lot of attention worldwide.

Women in the film industry that responded included Will and Grace star Debra Messing, X-Men star Anna Paquin, Gabrielle Union, Lady Gaga, Westworld actress Evan Rachel Wood, Insecure actress Natasha Rothwell, Rosario Dawson and One Tree Hill actress Sophia Bush.

The phenomenon has swept throughout social media yesterday and today with women tweeting the message in response to the alleged historic abuse of dozens of women abuse by Harvey Weinstein.


Irish author Louise O'Neill has shown her support for the movement in an Instagram post:

The sheer number of people that have been posting the message on social media shows that the harassment of women is a big problem in today's society.

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