Me Who?

Time Magazine’s Person of the Year this year is the Me Too Movement. Me Who? That’s not a particular person! Yup. That is every person who has been violated for sexual predatory reasons and sadly there are a lot of women and men, teens and children and lately all the piggish richest and most powerful MEN in our society have been called out for their actions. Even without litigation, society is fed up and thankfully they are resigning and being fired seemingly daily. Bill Cosby drugged his victims to unconsciousness to violate their bodies and the courts did nothing but grant him a miss-trial.   Well that isn’t good enough of a punishment.

People who speak up instead hide in some sort of shame and silence are called the Silence Breakers now. This is not a new issue. The Me Too Campaign actually started in 2006 by Terrana  Burke. The # hashtag at safehorizon.org was designed to give people the opportunity to share their horrific experiences without disclosing whatever they are not ready to disclose in detail yet. Being sexually assaulted is a very personal assault but very public in that you didn’t want it, it is probably not done   in the most comfortable surrounds, is mentally and physically painful and sooo demeaning. The predator could care less about your emotions or needs. They want what they want and they want it now and that is all that matters backed up by being a rich or powerful man. They want you helpless and hopeless.

It was 11 years ago when Terrana experienced sexual assault herself and she wanted a place to share her pain on her terms. Not to a stupid cop, not in just a police report, not to lawyers and not to a jury. Someplace you could cry and be comforted and not defiled with some jerk assuming that you asked for it in some way.  The scrutiny belongs with the creepy guy more than the violated victim. We should thank Trump and all the outrage he sparked in women who marched with their pussy hats on is rage and defiance that now there is no fear in outing these in reality sick wimpy men who hid behind theur wealth and power in their industries.

Trump being elected anyway after the tape of his pussy grabbing assaults was revealed sparked the outrage in women and fueled the millions of people who participated in the women’s march. Senator Al Franken has announced his resignation after women came forward with photos and allegations of his sexual misconduct. The message now is, anyone who is aggressive sexually especially at work better start running because people are angry and will NOT be silent any longer. The only things predators say is, why did they wait years and years to come forward? So if it happened 40 years ago does that erase the crime? Hell No! Republican supporters of Roy Moore who is running for office want to erase his documented past of assaulting minors. Trump is a pig who endorsed this pig for his vote. There are so many good and decent people in this world. Give power and fame to them because they are respectful of others.