African women, particularly in Uganda are hesitant to embrace the #Me Too movement. Western women fail to realize the privileged situation in which they live. This demonstrates the narrow and somewhat superficial nature of the #Me Too movement. There is little attention given to global south nations in which women struggle with violence, domestic abuse, and sexual harassment. There are nations on the African continent which are high risk factors for women. The DRC, South Africa, and Libya are extremely dangerous for women's personal security. Even in the US, there is an obvious ethnic divide in the #Me Too movement. The women who are most visible in protests are white and normally middle class women. There rarely is mention of the racial disparities or other social problems that effect women of various race and class backgrounds. The #Me Too movement gradually has become nothing more than a movement solely designed for the improvement of white women's lives. African nations must empower women as part of a larger project of liberation from neocolonial domination. The African man's attitude regarding women must change. The idea that men have a right to dominate or control women is antiquated and abusive. Although feminism has its faults, there are some countries that need it.
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