No Metoo: Women In Hollywood

In the society today, highly-profiled individuals are put on the stand to be slaughtered by their actions from the past which have come back to haunt them. They are accused of sexual misconduct and the accusations lead to their reputation being no longer existent. The movement itself goes far back into the past but it all started with a movie producer, Harvey Weinstein as he was accused of sexual abuse. This was the spark that started it all. #MeToo is trending on Twitter and the stories are being shared widely on Facebook. The women are using social media as a source to detail their horrifying encounters to sexual harassment and assaults. The movement came to out many powerful, influential people as the victims shared their stories online, …show more content…
The movie industry in Hollywood especially took a big hit. Since the downfall of Harvey Weinstein, the so called "casting couch" culture that has taken its toll since the entertainment's ancient history that has been a real dynamic for 100 years has been brought up to surface. This culture imposes sexual favors being traded for a role and many actresses who are offered and put in the position have no choice but to follow through with it due to how desperate they have been to make their dreams come true. As a result, "female writers and directors are suddenly in hot demand in Hollywood (Morris)." Many celebrities have joined in this movement and caused a big impact in the industry as more people with related occupations are exposed of what they have done behind the rolling cameras. However, as these problems arise, the #MeToo may not be enough. The people that are being put away and being accused of will not stand for the treatment they have received, especially with the money and power they possess. It has been a trend that powerful people will not easily give up their position and their wealth easily, considering the past where, "Few "respectable" white men were convicted of sexual assault, and race could render non-white victims inconsequential or make non-white perpetrators much more likely to be convicted and executed (Conley)." As a matter of fact, rape should be considered more seriously within the justice system, but not by plainly increasing the sentences with longer incarceration time. As statistics show, out of 1,000 rapes in the US, 993 will go unpunished. Meaning, that longer sentences will have no intentions towards putting a stop to this