Not #MeToo, I'm French

Published: April 2, 2019, 1 p.m.

In 2016 when #MeToo spread around the world, thousands of women followed in France using the hashtag #balancetonporc (expose your pig). Some criticised the aggressive wording of the hashtag itself, others didn\u2019t agree with the call to name perpetrators. Why was #MeToo so controversial in France? Was it lost in translation?