Taylor Swift, Ashley Judd And More Named As TIME's 2017 'Person of the Year'

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Each year respected publication TIME magazine awards its 'Person of the Year'. For 2017, more than one person has been chosen this year and it includes many females that were brave enough to fight back against sexual harassment.

On the cover this year includes Ashley Judd and Taylor Swift. Both women spoke up and fought against sexual harassment incidents. The two celebrities are joined on the cover by Isabel Pascual, Adama Iwu and Susan Fowler.

The latter three are not celebrities, although they were brave enough enough to speak up. This is further highlighted by the many people that used the hashtag #MeToo where several others spoke about their own sexual harassment incidents.

There are lots of other people honored this year that didn't make it onto the cover. Other people that broke the silence of sexual harassment includes Rose McGowan, Terry Crews, Alyssa Milano and more.

Collectively everyone is called the "Silence Breakers" and it has exposed many dodgy people that acted hastily towards others in a sexual manner. This movement has brought down the careers of Kevin Spacey, Harvey Weinstein and several others.

It's not just the entertainment industry and celebrities that have joined this movement. Many ordinary citizens are now brave enough to share their own stories to prevent similar incidents from happening in the near future.

In related news, Wonder Woman director Patty Jenkins was named as TIME's runner up for person of the year in 2017.

This is thanks to her work on the Wonder Woman movie that has been a huge inspiration to women all over the world.

In case you were wondering, last year's 'Person of the Year' was very different as it was awarded to Donald Trump for some reason...

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