“Self control is not enforced enough. All the pressure is placed on women to prevent assault.”— Asia Cheyanne, twitter.com
“Our culture does not encourage people who cause harm to take responsibility. We have an adversarial model where the person who is actually placed on trial is the survivor.”— Mariame Kaba, truth-out.org
“I don't actually feel overwhelmed by survivor stories. I feel overwhelmed by inaction around survivor stories.”— Shira Hassan, truth-out.org
“This man has built his business/pleasure empire on breaking the cardinal rule of asking a young girl you don't know to come over to your house and hang out naked: don't be a fucking creep.”— Jamie Peck, jezebel.com
“If you’ve been sexually harassed or assaulted write ‘me too’ as a reply to this tweet.”— Alyssa Milano, twitter.com
“The most important thing that it did was to shift the conversation away from the predator and to the victim.”— Alyssa Milano, rollingstone.com
“One tweet has brought together 1.7 million voices from 85 countries. Standing side by side, together, our movement will only grow. #MeToo.”— Alyssa Milano, twitter.com
“Why do the #NotAllMen supporters feel that every single man would have to be a rapist for there to be criticism?”— Lea Rose Emery, bustle.com
“Gender-based violence does not exist without other systems of violence, especially those built to uphold white supremacy (such as racism, colonialism, zionism, militarism).”— Mahroh Jahangiri, feministing.com
“I wish I had known that there were women in the business I could have talked to. I wish I had known that there were ears to hear me. That justice could be served. There is clearly power in numbers.”— Lupita Nyong'o, msn.com
“Men: It’s not our job to keep reminding you. Remind each other, and stop abusing. It’s as simple as that. Until men speak out against men who abuse, this will never stop. How about y’all post ‘I ignored it and I won’t anymore’ instead?”— Heather Jo Flores, medium.com
“Why are we still demanding that women out themselves as survivors, again and again and again, rather than demanding that men out themselves as abusers?”— Heather Jo Flores, medium.com
“I refuse to post this #metoo thing. Not because I haven’t been harassed and abused but because Y’ALL ALREADY KNOW that likely every woman you have ever met has dealt with this crap. It shouldn’t take some hashtag to remind you. It shouldn’t fall to the victims, again, to have to keep speaking out. I…”— Heather Jo Flores, medium.com
“I wish women didn’t have to rip our pasts open and show you everything and let you ogle our pain for you to believe us.”— Lindy West, latimes.com
“Women are shamed, told they are uptight, nasty, bitter, can’t take a joke, are too sensitive. And the men? Well, if they’re lucky, they might get elected President.”— Molly Ringwald, newyorker.com
“Please go easy on Lindsay Lohan. Being a child actor turned sex symbol twists the brain in ways you can’t comprehend.”— Rose McGowan, newyorker.com
“Every time a man is accused of something bad, or when someone he knows is accused of something bad, the same quote surfaces: ‘As a father of daughters, I …’ Here’s the thing: Only a sociopath needs a daughter — or a sister, a girlfriend, a wife — to make him queasy enough at the thought of a sexual…”— Hunter Harris, vulture.com
“For women in America who come forward with stories of harassment, abuse and sexual assault, there are not two sides to every story, however noble that principle might seem.”— Amber Tamblyn, mobile.nytimes.com