1. History

2. Media coverage

3. #HimToo Rally

4. See also

5. References

The Him Too movement (or #HimToo movement) is a movement against false rape allegations.^[1] #HimToo spread virally in October 2018 after a tweet from a mother about her son being afraid to date because of a climate of false rape allegations; the son quickly disavowed the tweet, saying it does not represent him or his opinions concerning sexual assault.^[2]

History

The meaning of the #HimToo hashtag has constantly changed throughout the course of its existence. When it was first used before 2015, #HimToo had no political meaning attached to it. It was simply an acknowledgement to the participation or presence of a male in an activity.^[2][3]

1. HimToo first began to carry a political connotation in 2016. However, it was still not used for issues regarding rape allegations or gender related issues. Instead, it was a way of showing support for Senator Tim Kaine of Virginia, Hillary Clinton’s running-mate in the 2016 United States Presidential Election.^{&91;3&93;&91;4&93;} During that time period, the hashtag ImWithHer referred to Clinton, while HimToo was connected to Kaine.^{&91;3&93;&91;4&93;} Eventually, Donald Trump’s supporters used the same hashtag HimToo to criticize Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, using LockHerUp followed by HimToo.^{&91;3&93;&91;4&93;}

1. HimToo became connected with rape allegations following the emergence of the MeToo movement. A US mother tweeted about her son with the HimToo hashtag. She claimed that her son, Pieter Hanson, is afraid to go on dates because of false rape allegations. Hanson himself disavowed his mother’s tweet, saying that he does not avoid dating for fear of being falsely accused of sexual misconduct, and that he supports the MeToo movement.^&91;5&93; However, the hashtag became increasingly popular for criticizing rape allegations, especially after actress Asia Argento, one of the major leaders of the MeToo movement, was accused of sexually assaulting men.^{&91;3&93;&91;4&93;}

During the Brett Kavanaugh Hearings, the #HimToo hashtag was re-popularized in defense of Kavanaugh.^[3] People used the #HimToo hashtag to express support for Kavanaugh and to criticize women who allegedly gave false rape accusations.^[2][3][4] The hashtag then evolved and became more generally used to defend men against false rape accusations.^[3][6] #HimToo became the anti-thesis to #MeToo as a call for fairness towards men during sexual assault hearings by asserting that men should not be implied as guilty before sexual assault hearings begin.^[6]

Media coverage

Since the hashtag #HimToo went viral on Twitter, there has been widespread discussion about the movement and allegations worldwide caused by the Me Too movement.^[7]

In January 2019, a tertiary institution's lecturer from Hong Kong also came out in the spotlight to announce his establishment of a support group aimed at "gathering all men who have suffered from false allegations of sexual crimes to speak out" in an interview by a local newspaper. He claimed that he was a victim of this movement, which he considered as "encouraging unethical women to frame males they hate, who, under conventional stereotypes, are usually assumed to hold indecent urge for women". He did add that he "was not opposed to this movement, but was concerned about its abuses that could ruin the life of many innocent men".^[8]

#HimToo Rally

On November 17, 2018, a rally attended by 200 people was held in downtown Portland, Oregon to express their support of victims of sexual assault in light of the #MeToo movement. A separate rally, hosted by Patriot Prayer member Haley Adams after the Kavanaugh hearing, supporting the #HimToo movement then began nearby. According to Adams, she along with about 40 others gathered to support men who are victims of false rape allegations. After the rally, the #HimToo protesters allegedly started tossing bottles and flares, while counter-demonstrators allegedly threw smoke bombs. The opposing rallies ended in six arrests.^[9]

See also

• Me Too movement
• Brett Kavanaugh Supreme Court nomination
• Hashtag activism
• "A Scary Time"

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