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Home / News / World News / TIME's Person of Year: "Silence Breakers" who triggered #MeToo movement
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TIME's Person of Year: "Silence Breakers" who triggered #MeToo movement

TIME's Person of Year: "Silence Breakers" who triggered #MeToo movement
Written by Ramya Patelkhana
Dec 06, 2017, 11:09 pm 3 min read
TIME's Person of Year:

In a remarkable move, TIME magazine named "The Silence Breakers" -who triggered #MeToo campaign against sexual abuse and harassment across the globe- as the 2017 "Person of the Year". "Silence Breakers", mostly comprising women, represents people from various industries that came forward to share their stories of sexual misconduct/harassment. Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump was the runner-up, closely followed by Chinese President Xi Jinping.

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"The voices that launched a movement"

The Silence Breakers are TIME's Person of the Year 2017 #TIMEPOY https://t.co/mLgNTveY9z pic.twitter.com/GBo9z57RVG

— TIME (@TIME) December 6, 2017
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Silence Breakers have a voice

TIME magazine wrote: "The women and men who have broken their silence span all races, all income classes, all occupations and virtually all corners of the globe. They're part of a movement that has no formal name. But now they have a voice."

The Movement
Fastest-moving social change seen in decades

The anti-sexual harassment movement is associated with #MeToo campaign on social media, which gained momentum as allegations against Hollywood film-producer Harvey Weinstein emerged. However, TIME says #MeToo is only "part of the picture, but not all of it." TIME's Editor-in-Chief, Edward Felsenthal stated: "This is the fastest-moving social change. It began, as great social change nearly always does, with individual acts of courage."

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TIME on why it chose "Silence Breakers"

"These silence breakers have started a revolution of refusal, gathering strength by the day, and in the past two months alone, their collective anger has spurred immediate and shocking results...CEOs have been fired, moguls toppled, icons disgraced. In some cases, criminal charges have been brought."

Public Accusations
Thousands of women, men pointed to big names

#MeToo hashtag, created by activist Tarana Burke over a decade ago, took off recently when actor Alyssa Milano tweeted, asking followers to reply with "Me Too" if they were sexually assaulted/harassed. Several high-profile men were accused of sexual harassment/misconduct, starting with Harvey Weinstein and including Kevin Spacey, director James Toback, comedian Louis CK, former NBC anchor Matt Lauer, and Denver radio DJ David Mueller.

TIME Story
Movement fueled worldwide discussion about sexual harassment, assault

TIME says the movement "doesn't have a leader, or a single, unifying tenet." It said, "The hashtag #MeToo (adapted into #BalanceTonPorc, #YoTambien, #Ana_kaman and many others in other languages)...provided an umbrella of solidarity for millions of people to come forward with their stories." It also added: "This reckoning appears to have sprung up overnight. But it has actually been simmering for years, decades, centuries."

Magazine Cover
Women from different backgrounds featured on TIME cover

TIME magazine's cover features Ashley Judd (spoke out against Weinstein), singer Taylor Swift (won lawsuit against Mueller who groped her). Former Uber engineer Susan Fowler, whose allegations toppled Uber CEO Travis Kalanick and resulted in 20 employees' firing, also appears on the cover. Others include Isabel Pascual, a strawberry picker, and corporate lobbyist Adama Iwu. The cover illustrates "the ubiquitous nature" of sexual abuse/harassment.

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Ramya Patelkhana is a senior editor at NewsBytes. She has nearly seven years of experience in digital journalism and has previously worked with India News and Authint Media. She has a Bachelor's degree in Journalism and Mass Communication from the IK Gujral Punjab Technical University, Kapurthala, and an advanced diploma in Media Studies from IPW, New Delhi.
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