Ripple effect

[4] The concept has been applied in computer science within the field of software metrics as a complexity measure.

[5] In October 2017, according to The New York Times[6][circular reference][7] and The New Yorker,[8] dozens of women have accused American film producer Harvey Weinstein, former founder of Miramax Films and The Weinstein Company, of rape, sexual assault and sexual abuse for over a period of three decades.

Shortly after over eighty accusations, Harvey was dismissed from his own company, expelled from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and other professional associations, and even retired from public view.

This means a global trend involving a serial number of sexual misconduct allegations towards other famous men in Hollywood, such as Louis CK and Kevin Spacey.

[9] The effect led to the formation of the controversial Me Too movement, where people share their experiences of sexual harassment/assault.

A diagram of the Ripple effect illustrating how the " Weinstein Scandal " led all the way to the rise of the Me Too movement .