This hashtag dates back to 2014 when Elliot Rodger murdered six people in Isla Vista, California, deeming hatred for women and sexual rejection as the reason for his rampage. In his final video, Rodger said, “You girls have never been attracted to me. I don’t know why you girls aren’t attracted to me, but I will punish you all for it. It’s an injustice.. I don’t know what you don’t see in me. I am the perfect guy and yet you throw yourselves at these obnoxious men instead of me, the supreme gentleman.” This message unmasked Rodger as a lonely misogynist and catalyzed the female section under the label of male sexual entitlement.
Soon Twitter and Tumblr were brimming with stories of everyday sexism and misogyny. The idea behind the hashtag