'Me Too:' Social media campaign empowers victims of sexual abuse, harrassment

Cher Durham, of the Solace Center at Interact that helps victims of sexual crimes, says the campaign is helping to break the silence that's often linked to sexual misconduct.

"I think the 'Me Too' campaign has really allowed women who have never spoken about date rape in college to say, 'Me too, I too have experienced this,'" Durham said.

Some victims are accusing high profile individuals and telling their stories of sexual abuse.

Melissa Essary, Campbell University Law Professor and expert on sexual harassment law, cautions about false allegations.

But she says there are ways to gauge the credibility of sexual harassment or assault accusations.

"When there's multiple accusers, and they have similar stories, from all over the country, it's probably true," Essary said. "I do think there'll be some women empowered to come out."

Both Professor Essary and Durham encourage not to stay silent about an issue that often goes unreported and affects so many.

"My message to women is to gain strength and courage from what you're hearing," Essary said.

Since the Harvey Weinstein allegations and others surfaced last month, Durham says Interact is seeing more and more cases. Last month, the number of women the organization served doubled.

"We need to believe victims, we need to support them to their path to healing to becoming survivors, we need to say, 'this is not okay,'" Cher Durham said.