The "me, too" slogan, if you think about it, is generally about being a woman. If you are a little girl, the heroes presented to you are mostly male. You observe that in your family your dad seems to have more power, especially veto power, You are warned constantly as you grow up that you are in danger, more than your brothers, and you have to "watch out". You do well academically but your brothers receive all the fanfare. You are expected to marry and have kids, but they're okay just following their dreams without interruption. You earn less than your male counterparts. You have to fend off aggressive males at parties, and endure catcalls and comments about your looks. You are punished for needing time off for a baby or sick children. It's somehow your responsibility to take the hits to your career so your husband can advance. Your husband "helps" but you are the one figuring out childcare, schools, playdates, soccer. You've gained weight after the babies but there is no time for gym for you. Your husband criticizes your altered appearance. He looks exactly the same. It's your fault.
And this is without a situation in which you have been assaulted, raped, battered or verbally abused. We are all me, too because we are women in a patriarchal world. What one of us suffers we all threatened by. Women have not enough power in a world that abuses them. We need to stand up for each other, then we will achieve true equality. In the meantime, it's just semantics.
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