In a CNN post called "#MeToo movement takes hold in South Korea by Laura Bicker, the write talks about how women in South Korea are fighting for a future that is greater and better for them. The sexual harassment movement has had a huge impact in their country. Women are coming forward and exposing powerful men. The question they ask if whether this movement would last since this country often seen feminism as a bad word. In a previous month, a girl from a popular group Apik posted a picture with a phone case that read "girls can do anything" and had the need to defent herself after it caused an outbreak and promoted feminism. She then felt the need to delete the post and to this day people are afraid to speak up and risk any derision. There has been many people coming forward tho in South Korea and taking the risk. The first outspoken person was someone named Seo Ji-hyeon where she accused a former South Korean ministry of justice official of touching her in 2010 during a funeral. From her public confession, many women saw it as a cry for help and thought if she was brave enough to speak out, why couldn't they do the same. Within weeks, many women had spoken out with their own confessions of #MeToo. Many people like Ko Un, who had tipped for the Nobel Prize for Literature have been accused and removed from South Korean Textbooks. Kim Ki-duk, a golden Lion winner at a film festival was accused as well and will not be able to release new films. Some women use an app called Blind where they are able to report their abuse and there are 500 posts daily. The President of South Korea stated that the movement cannot be solved through just changing laws, one has to change their culture and attitudes as well. There are people who see the strength in women as not welcoming but there is determination amid the young South Koreans. They will change what they think is wrong and do what they can.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-43534074
In a post from The Guardian called "I've been called a whore for my part in the #MeToo campaign. It won't stop me by Asia Argento, she talks about how she has been called so many dirty names out there since she came out about being raped in 1997 by Harvey Weinstein when she was 21. Because she simply told the truth and something she had been hiding, she has been bullied and threatened daily. Because of the #MeToo movement, women from all across the world have came out and shared their most private stories and experiences. After the Weinstein story came out, there has been motivational speakers and high establishment figures come out and speak on the movement as well. The place where this movement would get the most vicious response is Italy. This is why she and two other outspoken women, Gutierrez and Boldrini spoke out. Results from Boldrini speaking out is that she has been subjected to violent intimidations. A mayor suggested she should be raped by migrants and has has a sex doll referred to as her by a prime minister. For Gutierrez, two years after an infamous prostitution trial, NYPd had asked her to wear a wire during an encounter with Weinstein and she happened to get that on audio and was accused of being a blackmailer and prostitute. Having men in positions with power who see women as a sexual lust, try to cover up their assaults and crimes with bribes and threats.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/apr/20/asia-argento-metoo-harvey-weinstein-italy
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