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As Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s commencement address at Wellesley College talks about feminism, is worth considering the #MeToo movement which developed in recent years and which is considered a new wave of feminism fighting against sexual harassment. The movement gained a lot of momentum after actresses in Hollywood started speaking out about how certain male producers and actors harassed them, leading other people from all over the world to share their own stories of sexual harassment or assault.

Consider also that after Hillary Clinton lost the presidential elections there were several women marches organized, mainly because women in the US don’t see Donald Trump as an advocate for women’s rights, but the opposite. In the presidential campaign, Clinton talked about women’s rights as one of her concerns, and many femi...