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The MeToo Movement According to the MeToo website, the movement was founded in 2006 by a womxn named Tarana Burke. This movement was founded to primarily help womxn and girls of color, and womxn from low-income communities. However, the MeToo movement is for all people who have been impacted by sexual assault. As the website states, the MeToo movement is about healing. The goal of the movement is to provide more resources regarding sexual harassment, assault, and violence, and to create a community of advocates who are driven by survivors. It is survivors who are at the front of the movement, as it was created by and for them. The movement gained more traction after the creation of social media, as the #MeToo was spread. By having a hashtag, conversations regarding sexual assault and sexual violence became bigger and more normalized. The MeToo movement also works to de-stigmatize being a survivor. Many people in society view that it is the survivor's fault for not being able to fight off their attacker(s). Many of the survivors go into something called fight-flight-freeze [[1]], which is a psychological response to being attacked. The MeToo website has an entire section dedicated to resources. Some national resources include resources for youth survivors, resources for male survivors, and international resources. The section on general resources includes National Sexual Violence Resource Center, National Organization for Victim Assistance, The National Center on Violence Against Women, [[ http://victimsofcrime.org/help-for-crime-victims%7CThe National Center for Victims of Crime]], National Street Harassment Hotline, RAINN (Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network). The website also includes a list of legal resources, such as the [[ https://nwlc.org%7CNational Women's Law Center]], the TimesUp Legal Defense Fund, and the ACLU.

TimesUp Now TimesUp Now was founded by 300 womxn in entertainment over the need for a safe workplace free from sexual harassment, assault, and violence, and a society that pays all people equally, which is what is stated on their website.

Time’s Up has eight initiatives listed on their website:

TIME’S UP Legal Defense Fund: Founded January 1, 2018. This was created to help survivors of sexual harassment and retaliation, especially low-income womxn and people of color, achieve justice. The Legal Defense Fund has over 700 attorneys available to help people.

TIME’S UP Impact Lab: works to find solutions to advance equality in the workplace.

TIME’S UP Entertainment: raises awareness, collaborate on solutions, and drives impact on key issues affecting women of all kinds in the industry.

TIME’S UP Healthcare: works to create a safe place for womxn in healthcare because having a comfortable work environment is the only way to provide the best healthcare possible.

TIME’S UP Advertising: transform the advertising industry and address the harassment and discrimination that harm workplaces and stifle creative potentials, because the advertisements people see are reflective of those who made them. The advertising industry has the potential to shift how society portrays powerful women, to change the kind of behavior we accept, and to challenge gender and racial stereotypes.

TIME’S UP Tech: seeks to unite womxn in the tech field, shine a light on the inequities in the field, and make a safe and fair space for all workers.

TIME’ UP UK: The U.S.’s counterpart works with the U.K. policies, entertainment industries, and womxn’s rights movements.

TIME’S UP 2020: asking presidential candidates to present their plans to end sexual harassment at work, close the racial and gender pay gaps, make paid family and medical leave a reality, and have quality, affordable childcare. This section lists ways that the candidates can make these things a reality.

Christine Blasey Ford Christine Blasey Ford testified in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee to tell her story about being assaulted by Brett Kavanaugh.

please note that her testimony and the summary below go into some detail which may be triggering for some.

Just like Anita Hill accused a Supreme Court Justice nominee (at the time of her testimony) of sexual assault back in the 1990s, Christine Blasey Ford did the same in September of 2018. This is a summary of her testimony: During her testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee, Blasey Ford recalled how Brett Kavanaugh and Mark Judge were drunk and pushed her into a bedroom while they were all at a house gathering in the Chevy Chase/ Bethesda area. She further testified that Brett Kavanaugh groped her and tried to remove her clothes, causing Blasey Ford to believe that Kavanaugh was going to rape her. When she tried to scream for help, Kavanaugh covered her mouth. Blasey Ford was having trouble breathing and believed that Kavanaugh was accidentally going to kill her. This entire time, Mark Judge was encouraging Kavanaugh, only telling Kavanaugh to stop a few times. Blasey Ford was able to escape after Judge had jumped on the bed and caused her and Kavanaugh to topple over. Kavanaugh was no longer on top of her, so Blasey Ford ran from the room and left the house. Blasey Ford also testified how this assault has continued to impact her life. She talked about how she was afraid to tell her family. She didn’t tell anyone the details until a May 2012 therapy session. She described the assault in detail in front of her therapist and husband as her explanation for why she wanted a second front door in their home. She went to the Senate Judiciary Committee after learning that Kavanaugh was on the shortlist for becoming a Supreme Court Justice because she thought it was her civic duty to relay the information she had about Mr. Kavanaugh’s conduct so that those considering his potential nomination would know about the assault. Although she told her story to the Senate Judiciary Committee, Kavanaugh was still confirmed and is now a Supreme Court Justice.

Criticism:

Anti-Semitism in the Feminist Movement in the United States

Many people in the modern-day feminist movement have criticized and excluded their fellow feminists who happen to Jewish, leading many to believe that the feminist movement is anti-Semitic. It is important to note that these people are being excluded just because they are Jewish, they are being included when they also identity as a Zionist (someone who believes in Zionism). [NOTE: In this section, Zionism is referred to the as need for the establishment and protection Jewish state in Israel, not as any form of political movement (as that is a different thing - see here for the different types of Zionism)]. Critics argue that one cannot be a feminist and a Zionist, since womxn in the West Bank and Gaza Strip do not have the same freedoms (for a variety of reasons) as their Israeli and western-world counterparts. The argument is also that one cannot consider themselves a feminist if they don't support the liberation of the womxn in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. This part of the argument was amplified by Linda Sarsour who stated that one can be a feminist and critical of the past-Israeli government's actions.

The anti-Semitism in the feminist movement was amplified during the 2017 Women's March, which happened after the inauguration of President Trump. Many leaders of the Washington D.C. Women's March refused to denounce anti-Semitic comments they had made in the past, and refused to condemn anti-Semitism after the Charlottesville Unite the Right rally, in which a man drove his car into, and subsequently killed, Heather Heyer. These leaders also did not include Jewish women in their list of marginalized groups women that the movement stated they would protect in their Unity Principles. This was changed after public outcry, causing Jewish women to be added to the list.

Past and present leaders of the national Women's March are connected to Louis Farrakhan, who is very public about his anti-Semitism and anti-LGBTQ+ views as the leader of the Nation of Islam (a group which many believe is also anti-Semitic through their denial of the Holocaust and Farrakhan's claim that Israel had prior knowledge about the 9/11 terrorist attacks and told Jews not to go into work that day.). For example, Tamika Mallory posted this tweet the called Farrakhan the G.O.A.T (greatest of all time). Fellow leaders Carmen Perez and Linda Sarsour have offered similar praise. After receiving even more criticism, the Women's March published a statement rejecting anti-Semitism and the comments Louis Farrakhan has made about women, Jews, and members of the LGBTQ+ community. The Women's March has made progress about including Jewish women in the movement, but many Jewish women feel that it took too long for them to be included.

Another incident of anti-Semitism in the feminist movement happened during the Dyke March in Washington D.C. Pride flags with the Star of David were banned from this march as pride flags with Stars of David too closely resembled the Israeli flag and as there was a request for no nationalist symbols to be present. While the Star of David is on the flag of Israel, it had been a religious symbol long before (the Star of David got its name from being the symbol on King David's shield in biblical times). The Dyke March faced criticism over this decision, especially since Palestinian flags were allowed. The Dyke March also asked that participants not bring any pro-Israel paraphernalia to stand in solidarity with any Palestinian lesbians who were present. The feminist movement, especially the parts regarding the LGBTQ+ community, are about intersectionality. Many felt that queer Jewish people were being singled out yet again at a time when all womxn and allies should be standing together.