Posted on 10/17/2017 11:35:29 AM PDT by EdnaMode
America Ferrera has added her voice to the growing list of women, from Hollywood and everywhere else alike, who are speaking out about sexual harassment and assault in the wake of Harvey Weinstein's alleged abuse.
Spurred by the #MeToo movement that was started by Alyssa Milano on Sunday, the 33-year-old star of NBC's Superstore took to her Instagram account Monday night to reveal that she was sexually assaulted by a man she knew when she was nine years old.
“First time I can remember being sexually assaulted I was 9-years-old,” she wrote. “I told no one and lived with the shame and guilt thinking all along that I, a 9-year-old child, was somehow responsible for the actions of a grown man.”
Ferrera continued, “I had to see this man on a daily basis for years to come. He would smile at me and wave, and I would hurry past him, my blood running cold, my guts carrying the burden of what only he & I knew — that he expected me to shut my mouth and smile back.”
She concluded her post by asking women to "break the silence so the next generation of girls won’t have to live with this bullshit."
Ferrera began her post as a "Me too" response, a growing social media movement sparked in the wake of decades of allegations against Hollywood movie mogul Weinstein. Over the weekend, Milano put out a call for anyone who has ever been sexually harassed or assaulted to reply to her Twitter post with those two words.
"While I am sickened and angered over the disturbing accusations of Weinstein's sexual predation and abuse of power," she wrote. "I'm happy — ecstatic even — that it has opened up a dialogue around the continued sexual harassment, objectification and degradation of women."
In the first 24 hours since she posted the call, the hashtag #MeToo was tweeted nearly a half a million times, according to Twitter. Debra Messing, Anna Paquin, Patricia Arquette, Evan Rachel Wood, Rosario Dawson, Natasha Lyonne, Tatiana Maslany, Jenny Slate, Lady Gaga and Gabrielle Union are just some of the Hollywood names who have tweeted the hashtag.
More than 40 women have come out to allege sexual harassment or assault against Weinstein since the New York Times first broke the story Oct. 5.
I find it singularly peculiar nearly all these assaulted actresses are some of the most rabid barking ultraleftist moonbats.
Remembering you were hit on or sexually attacked 20, 30, 40 or 50 years ago.
It’s the new Hollywood fad for 2017.
Claiming to be "bisexual" is so 2016.
There is something off about the way all of these actresses are coming forward at once like this. Each with seemingly more lurid or more prurient allegations of their own sexual assault, but never naming names.
It feels more like attention-seeking behavior than actually trying to expose bad people who did bad things.
If she doesn’t name names, she’s just gargling for applause.
She didn’t come forward. This is just drama unless she names names. I’m just seeing a parade of starlets saying someone touched them in their private places, and not saying who did it.
These cowards are leaving them in place to do it again and to keep the system alive. If they believe in what they are saying, then name the guy. Otherwise, nobody cares.
#NameNames
What happened to the good old days when Paul rubins (peewee Herman) just wanked off in adult movie houses? Ah those good old Norman Rockwell porn pictures days?
Overall from the coverage, I see they are trying to make this about sexual harassment and sexual assault generally, and not the leftist degeneracy of Hollywood specifically.
Diversion technique.
And there is no defense against a claim of some wrong-doing from 30-40 years ago. The accused is considered guilty in the instagram/FB world.
At this point there should be a Say Something NOW! campaign if you are assaulted. We should not be in this delayed-accusation world 20 years from now.
This is the morality of Hollywood. No wonder the Hollywood slobs shill for the Clintons and the rest of the Democrat trash.
And of course without naming names. Useless me too twit.
The 2 guys who came out also would not name names. Guess the fad is even pulling the boys in.
Very few names are being named, though.
How much of this is true and how much of it is virtue signalling/pay attention to me?
The bs is going to continue until they all name names. Every last one.
It will become a badge of honor.
Sexual assault stories = social credit.
Until names are attached to these stories, I’m not interested. These people need to actually prove they want to stop this more than they want those Hollywood paychecks.
I sympathize with whatever happened to them, but I have to note that none of them are naming names of additional perpetrators.
It’s the new bisexuality.
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