MeToo
According to Wikipedia, the "Me Too" movement (or "#MeToo", with local alternatives in other languages) spread virally in October 2017 as a hashtag used on social media to help demonstrate the widespread prevalence of sexual assault and harassment, especially in the workplace. It followed soon after the public revelations of sexual misconduct allegations against Harvey Weinstein. The phrase created by Tarana Burke was popularized by Alyssa Milano when she encouraged women to tweet it to "give people a sense of the magnitude of the problem". Since then, the phrase has been posted online millions of times, often with an accompanying personal story of sexual harassment or assault.

Democratic Candidates Say They Have No Reason to Doubt Biden’s Accuser

3/31/19
from The Wall Street Journal,
3/31/19:

Hopefuls say allegation shouldn’t prevent the former vice president from entering the 2020 race.

Democratic presidential candidates said Sunday they believed the account of a woman who has accused Joe Biden of inappropriately kissing her at a 2014 political event, but the 2020 hopefuls didn’t say the allegation should prevent the former vice president from joining the race. “I think that’s a decision for the vice president to make. I’m not sure that one incident alone disqualifies anybody, but her point is absolutely right,” Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont said on CBS. “This is an issue not just the Democrats or Republicans, the entire country has got to take seriously. It is not acceptable that when a woman goes to work or is in any kind of environment that she feels anything less than comfortable and safe.”

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