Women around the world are taking a stand against sexual abuse by putting #MeToo on their social media posts and personal profiles.

Special Correspondent

Thousands and thousands of women have changed their status to #MeToo on Twitter, in the wake of actress Alyssa Milano’s post yesterday, about sexual assault and harassment.

The actress–who is passionate about women’s rights–explained in her post that if people who had experienced abuse tweeted ‘me too’ it might “give people a sense of the magnitude of the problem.”

Women, and some men, are openly sharing their experiences of sexual assault and the hashtag is spreading like wild fire across social media. People are tagging their profiles to indicate that they too have been the victims of sexual harassment or abuse.

The trend comes after many people took to Twitter to speak out against Hollywood film producer and former film studio executive, Harvey Weinstein’s alleged sexual assault on multiple women. The collective outrage over this latest case of alleged sexual abuse from an extremely famous man of influence, has popped the lid straight off the pressure cooker of lies, deceit and sexual entitlement, and women around the world are now speaking up and sharing their stories in an unprecedented way.

Many women from India Pakistan and across countries have made open disclosure . The latest prominent hashtag, #MeToo, has been used more than 300,000 times since Sunday night.