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Agence France-Presse

Celebrities and everyday people continued flooding social media with personal accounts of sexual assault and harassment on Monday, responding to calls to break the culture of silence around such abuse.
The massive global response was triggered by the allegations against Hollywood film mogul Harvey Weinstein, who is accused of rape and abuse dating back decades.
People shared stories and offered support under multiple hashtags, including #MeToo in English, #balancetonporc (“Rat out your pig”) in French, and #quellavoltache (“That time that”) in Italian.
As Weinstein scandal swirls, fashion models share sex abuse stories
American actress Alyssa Milano on Sunday sparked the outpouring with a simple Twitter request that women respond “me too” if they have also been sexually harassed or assaulted.
Tens of thousands of people replied, making #MeToo the top trending topic.

If you’ve been sexually harassed or assaulted write ‘me too’ as a reply to this tweet. pic.twitter.com/k2oeCiUf9n
— Alyssa Milano (@Alyssa_Milano) October 15, 2017

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The posts continued to accumulate on Monday, with the intensity of the social media response sharply underscoring the problem’s breadth – implicating fashion, entertainment, politics and the lives of everyday people.
Monica Lewinsky – who was at the centre of the White House sex scandal in the 1990s leading to the impeachment trial of former US President Bill Clinton – simply tweeted the hashtag #MeToo without comment.
Responding to Milano’s call, Lady Gaga and Sheryl Crow were among those from the music world tweeting their support.
Crow on Monday shared her experience of improper behaviour by a manager “on my first big tour as a backup singer.”
“When I went to a lawyer he told me to suck it up bc the guy could do a lot for me,” Crow tweeted, “so I wrote songs about it on my first record.”

Being raped once made it easier to be raped again. I instinctually shut down. My body remembered, so it protected me.
I disappeared. #metoo
— #EvanRachelWould (@evanrachelwood) October 16, 2017

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Actress Evan Rachel Wood wrote of being raped more than once, writing, “I instinctually shut down. My body remembered, so it protected me. I disappeared. #metoo.”
Before Milano’s call, American fashion model Cameron Russell took to Instagram last week asking her followers to share experiences of sexual abuse in her industry, using the hashtag #MyJobShouldNotIncludeAbuse.
She has been tweeting some of the hundreds of responses, anonymous stories ranging from recent experiences to some dating back two decades – primarily involving women, sometimes minors, and occasionally men.
“Hearing about #harveyweinstein this week has sparked conversations about how widespread and how familiar his behaviour is,” the model and activist wrote.
“We are speaking to each other, we are speaking up, we are speaking to lawyers, and we are speaking to well-resourced reporters,” she added.

A common refrain in the accounts by both celebrities and everyday people was that nobody believed the accusers when they spoke out.
“Molested by a family member. Raped as a kid and an adult. Became a drug addict and then overcame. Don’t ever give up. I’m here#MeToo,” wrote a woman identified as Amy Christensen on her Twitter account.
There were many sympathetic responses from men.
Vinay Ramesh, a tech entrepreneur, encouraged “all my fellow men to learn about #MeToo. The responsibility to stop sexual violence is absolutely on us.”

#quellavoltache Hollywood big shot director with Napoleon complex gave me GHB and raped me unconscious, I was 26 years old #BalancetonPorc
— Asia Argento (@AsiaArgento) October 15, 2017

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Italian actress Asia Argento, who has accused Weinstein of sexual abuse, offered another bombshell, saying a Hollywood director had raped her and that an Italian director had exposed himself to her when she was a minor.
“Hollywood big shot director with Napoleon complex gave me GHB (the “date rape” drug) and raped me unconscious. I was 26 years old,” she tweeted using the hashtag #quellavoltache, in remarks that sparked outrage in her home country.
Argento did not name either of the men she accused.
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In France, the top-trending hashtag #balancetonporc, started by journalist Sandra Muller, brought forth stories from women of being sexually harassed at work or in the street.
Muller began the hashtag recounting how her former boss had called her “my type of woman” and then commented on her breasts.
In Britain, Labour MP Stella Creasy tweeted her own claims of harassment, “like millions of women&girls all around the world. Shame is on the attackers, not me.”
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Similar stories spread in the Arab world, from Tunisia to Egypt and Dubai, describing incidents suffered by women at work or in public spaces, and denouncing “rape culture”.
More than 20 women – a who’s who of Hollywood – have come forward to accuse Weinstein of rape, assault and sexual harassment.
Weinstein, who insists any sexual encounters were consensual, was expelled last week from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

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Alyssa Milano arrives at the Billboard Music Awards at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Thousands of women responded to Milano’s call to tweet “me too” to raise awareness of sexual harassment and assault following the recent revelation of decades of allegations of sexual misconduct by movie mogul Harvey Weinstein. Photo: Invision/AP

FILE - In this March 7, 2012 file photo, U.S film producer and movie studio chairman Harvey Weinstein during an interview with the Associated Press in Paris, the same day as Weinstein received, Chevalier of the Legion of Honor by French President Nicolas Sarkozy. French President Emmanuel Macron says Sunday Oct. 15, 2017 that he wants to revoke Harvey Weinstein's Legion of Honor award after the wave of accusations of sexual harassment and abuse against the Hollywood titan. (AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere, File)

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British model and actor Cara Delevingne, pictured in London last year at the European premiere of the film Suicide Squad, has accused disgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein of propositioning her and attempting to kiss her after a meeting about an upcoming film. Photo: AFP

(FILES) This file photo taken on July 24, 2017 shows British model and actress Cara Delevingne posing for a photograph upon arrival for the European premiere of "Valerian and The City of a Thousand Planets" in London. Model and actress Cara Delevingne on October 11, 2017 accused disgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein of propositioning her and attempting to kiss her after a meeting about an upcoming film. In a statement released via her publicist, the 25-year-old alleged she had initially received an "uncomfortable call" from the producer, during which he questioned her about her sexuality. / AFP PHOTO / Chris J Ratcliffe

(FILES) This file photo taken on May 23, 2017 shows US film producer Harvey Weinstein posing during a photocall as he arrives to attend the De Grisogono Party on the sidelines of the 70th Cannes Film Festival, at the Cap-Eden-Roc hotel in Antibes, near Cannes, southeastern France. The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (Bafta) said on October 11, 2017 it has suspended Harvey Weinstein's membership, effective immediately. The organisation acted as the scandal engulfing the Hollywood producer continued to widen, with new claims he raped an Italian film star and two other women drawing condemnation from across the film world and America's liberal political elite. / AFP PHOTO / Yann COATSALIOU

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FILE - In this Aug. 3, 2015 file photo, producer Isa Dick Hackett attends "The Man in the High Castle" photo call at the Amazon Summer TCA Tour at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif. Another powerful Hollywood executive is facing allegations of sexual harassment. Hackett, a producer on an Amazon series, claims that Amazon Studios chief Roy Price propositioned her using crudely suggestive language. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)

FILE - In this April 15, 2015 file photo, Rose McGowan arrives at the LA Premiere Of "DIOR & I" held at the Leo S. Bing Theatre on Wednesday, April 15, 2015, in Los Angeles. McGowan’s Twitter account has been suspended, temporarily muting a central figure in the allegations against Harvey Weinstein. McGowan said late Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017, that Twitter had suspended her from tweeting after the social media company said she broke its rules.(Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)

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Virginia Rappe in 1921, and comedian Roscoe ‘Fatty’ Arbuckle. Photo: AP

FILE- In this May 23, 2017 file photo, Charlize Theron appears at the 70th Anniversary of the film festival in Cannes, southern France. For anyone thinking the days of the so-called casting couch were long gone, this past week has been eye-opening. Theron was new in Hollywood but knew the warning signs when she went to an audition. In a 2005 interview in Marie Claire, she said she thought it was a little odd that the audition was on a Saturday night at his house in Los Angeles. (Photo by Arthur Mola/Invision/AP, File)

FILE - In this Sept. 15, 1954 file photo, Marilyn Monroe poses over the updraft of New York subway grating while in character for the filming of "The Seven Year Itch," in New York. For anyone thinking the days of the so-called casting couch were long gone, this past week has been eye-opening. The lengthy allegations directed at Harvey Weinstein suggest they never left Hollywood. Monroe was no stranger to studio chiefs and filmmakers and addressed it in her memoir, “My Story.” (AP Photo/Matty Zimmerman, File)

FILE - In this Feb. 26, 2017 file photo, Casey Affleck arrives at the Oscars in Los Angeles. Two women who worked on Casey Affleck’s film “I’m Still Here” filed sexual harassment lawsuits against him in 2010. Both claims were settled out of court for an undisclosed amount in 2010. Affleck has repeatedly denied the allegations. He went on to win the best actor Oscar for “Manchester by the Sea.” (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

This combination photo showsMetro Goldwyn-Mayer studio head Louis B. Mayer in 1948, left, and singer actress Judy Garland on the set of "The Harvey Girls," in Los Angeles in 1945. Garland was pawed and propositioned for sex by studio bigwigs at MGM between the ages of 16 and 20, according to author Gerald Clarke, who wrote “Get Happy: The Life of Judy Garland.” One of the most notorious harassers was allegedly Louis B. Mayer, the head of the studio. (AP Photo/File)

FILE - In this June 21, 1939 file photo, Australian actor Errol Flynn appears at a tennis match in Los Angeles. Flynn conducted a two-year affair with Beverly Aadland, starting when she was 15-year-old. At the time of the affair Flynn had already been accused _ and found not guilty _ of the statutory rape of two underage girls in 1942. (AP Photo, File)

In this combination photo, Samantha Geimer arrives at the premiere of the HBO Documentary "Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired" in New York on May 6, 2008, left, and director Roman Polanski appears at the 70th international film festival, in Cannes, France on June 9, 2017. Polanski pleaded guilty to unlawful sexual intercourse with Samantha Geimer, then a 13-year-old aspiring actress during a photo shoot in Los Angeles in 1977. (AP Photo/File)

FILE - In this May 28, 1963 file photo, British actress Joan Collins appears at El Morocco in New York. Collins says she lost out on the lead role in “Cleopatra” because she wouldn't sleep with the studio head. (AP Photo/Matty Zimmerman, File)

FILE - In this Aug. 22, 2017 file photo, Bill Cosby departs after a pretrial hearing in his sexual assault case at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa. Cosby, the "Cosby Show" star once known as America's Dad, is facing a retrial on charges he drugged and molested a former Temple University employee, at his home in 2004. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

FILE - This 1941 file photo shows child actress Shirley Temple. In her memoir “Child Star,” Temple claimed that an MGM producer known to have an “adventuresome casting couch” unzipped his trousers and exposed himself to her during their first meeting in 1940. (AP Photo, File)

FILE - In this Feb. 28, 2016 file photo, producer Harvey Weinstein arrives at the Oscars in Los Angeles. Harvey Weinstein's wife, Georgina Chapman, tells People magazine she is leaving her husband. She said in a statement her heart breaks for all the women who have suffered because of Weinstein's "unforgivable" actions and pleaded for privacy for herself and her two young children as allegations against her husband mount. They married in 2007. (Photo by Al Powers/Invision/AP, File)

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From Monica Lewinsky to Lady Gaga and everyday women, tens of thousands have rallied on social media in response to Hollywood’s harassment scandal