We can't all be sluts we can't all be asking for it
I am here to give you permission to be angry this reality might not have to be our reality anymore I
Felt a crushing sense of powerlessness. This is the time to take my power back. Here's my story
Improvisation into sexual harassments news cutting its ties with bill over. I felt it was my duty for the women
Who are silenced to be brave at work at the Plaza saying?
It's okay to stand up for yourself
Swift appearing England's time Harvey Weinstein the new people forget a lot that there's a human behind this someone who was very hurt and wrong
Was thought maybe things could change from my daughter, I never thought things could change from me
Honestly I was furious. I had had a man groped me in front of multiple colleagues
And I was tired of wondering if it was something I wore I was tired of wondering if it was a vibe I was giving
Off and when I talked to other women they were furious, too
I felt that if I can speak out maybe if I just stand up then someone else will stand up with me
There wasn't a place for us to report these experiences
but I sure did talk about it a lot over the years the least I could do was actually tell my own story and
Validate theirs for them in a way just as I was hoping someone much bigger than me
Would help validate my story
And I knew that other women would continue to apply for jobs there and that made me feel really uncomfortable
I was afraid of the retaliation. I know the power of patriarchy
I know what men can do when they're angry
They did everything that they could to prevent me from raising my concerns further. They asked me if there were other girls
Maybe that he is them as to and can I go get them I had to show them that I wasn't lying it's like they
Took me for a joke, and if they couldn't stop us from talking well
they were gonna stop everybody from listening to us people digging into my
Instagram and you know pulling up. You know sexy photos as if that kind of
Discredited me well. I've seen you in committee. You're really tough. Why didn't you just hit him?
Why did you let it go on for so long?
I was a smart young woman that had gone to college that knew how to fight
And I still was manipulated and conned
I felt ashamed that I hadn't spoken out sooner not having the strength
earlier on to make it stop the feeling of being
Humiliated woman and the further point you think is in my form
For so long I went around harboring this
Ridiculous belief that because I was a non-white woman in my 20s that somehow it was
Expected that I would have to be treated this way
We don't have to just live like this. I always thought maybe things could change for my daughter
I never thought things could change for me. I am here to give you permission to be angry people are afraid
especially women were conditioned
It says first to be polite to be nice to be kind to be liked to not make waves
Bullshit we can't all be crazy. We can't all be sluts
We can't all be asking for it
And I'm telling you all the people who stand up all the people who speak out you are
teaching people
How to treat you and you should not be shamed for that the shame is not ours to hold the shame is on the perpetrator
Meet sue can be a conversation starter
or it can be the whole conversation it took away the power from the predator and
placed the power on the victim
And maybe just maybe we would be able to get a glimpse at the magnitude of this problem
The amount of people sharing the stories with me is so intense people that were complete strangers
Reached out to tell very personal stories
It's what they did with this hashtag
And they did a lot and not only in France in Hong Kong in Japanese. It's a international movement
I feel like the day that I spoke up and I said you are a sexual harasser. I changed I'm
Sorry
Valiente no y se lo que esta pasando
episodic told them with India yet me
It's an honor to be the person who can say like hey. I spoke up about this
I took on the risk and I was very humbled and I was very proud
I'm very glad now that the story has been heard
There's a direct response to that arrogance and that show of power and that bullying that says we won't be silenced
You
