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Hello, this is Six Minute English from BBC Learning English.
I'm Sam.
And I'm Georgina.
In this program, we'll take a look at the sensitive issue of sexual violence.
At the start of the decade, no one knew that the two word phrase,
Me Too, would go viral or spread quickly and widely on the internet through social media.
But when explosive allegations against Hollywood movie producer Harvey Weinstein made headlines in 2017, the Me Too hashtag became the focus for a global movement
of women determined to expose the truth about abusive sexual behaviour.
Weinstein was found guilty and given a 23-year prison sentence.
But the deeper reasons behind the problem in America and worldwide have not disappeared.
I have a question now about the origin of the Me Too expression.
Although the Me Too message went viral due to public support from famous Hollywood actresses,
the phrase itself was thought up years earlier by a civil rights activist,
Tarana Burke.
What year did she first use it?
Was it A, 1996?
B, 2006?
Or C, 2016?