#metoo Stories -In India And its Effect, [Know]-What is metoo-Within 5 Minutes!!

#metoo Stories in India -the campaign is experiencing a new horizon all over the country.

In Shinningyou I Will share you one by one.

So, please stay with us for 5 minutes only.

The accused involved are high profile people.

But still, such campaigns have emerged on social media to ‘name and shame’ these accused.

Such incidents make a mockery of the government’s ambitious program “Beti Bachao Beti Padhao”.

It clearly reflects the patriarchal and misogynist mindset of our society.

The #metoo-campaign is a movement against sexual harassment and assault that started to spread virally in October 2017.

This happened after sexual misconduct allegations against former American film producer Harvey Weinstein were made public.

Alyssa Milano was the first one to make this hashtag popular and encourage women to come forward and share their stories of sexual harassment.

Many women came forward and the phrase went viral when popular celebrities like Uma Thurman, Gwyneth Paltrow and many others about their personal experiences as well.

 

Here is a list of some of the prominent ones who landed in #metoo stories-

1- Nana Patekar

Tanushree Dutta was the first to step against Nana Patekar for sexual harassment on the sets of Horn OK Please in 2008.

Patekar addressed the claims stating that legal action will be taken against the ‘false accusations’.

This session is continuing and the court may take some action.

2- Alok Nath

Actor Alok Nath was accused of sexually assaulting TV writer and director Vinta Nanda and who also alleged that he also harassed actor Navneet Nishan as well.

After Nanda, actors Sandhya Mridul and Deepika Amin along with one more woman stepped forward with their own accounts of enduring

sexual misconduct at the hands of Nath.

Actor Alok Nath may face some court cases.

3- Vikas Bahl

Director of acclaimed film Queen, Bahl was first accused by a female worker  then by  Kangana Ranaut, lead actor of his film, stepped forward accusing Bahl of inappropriate behavior like ‘smelling her hair’ and ‘hugging her tightly.’

4- Rajat Kapoor

A few women stepped forward accusing actor and director Rajat Kapoor of sexual harassment on Twitter.

Kapoor had later issued an apology for his inappropriate behavior.

5- Kailash Kher

Kailash Kher was accused of inappropriately touching by a journalist when taking the interview.

Singer Sona Mohapatra along with another woman accusing him of a sexual harassment case.

Kher also issued an apology following the allegations.

6- Karim Morani

Acclaimed Bollywood producer was accused of drugging, raping and threatening an aspirant actor who remained anonymous with her account. As of now, the issue remains unaddressed by the accused.

7- Sajid Khan

The Indian director Sajid khan came under fire after actors Saloni Chopra, Rachel White and Simran Suri along with journalist Karishma Upadhyay shared their episodes of harassment.

8- Amitabh Bachchan

The veteran Bollywood star Amitabh Bachchan was accused by celebrity hairstylist Sapna Bhavnani asserting that his take on #metoo-  is a lie with his ‘image of being an activist’ getting diminished soon.

9- MJ Akbar

The Minister of State for External Affairs was accused by so many female journalists of sexual harassment.

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Campaign Popularity on  #metoo Stories-

This campaign gained great popularity within just a few days and it truly was a great starting point for addressing all kinds of situations where women were assaulted or harassed.

The same thing applies to Indian women also,  who, in many cases, still face discrimination and sexual violence on a daily basis, may in the workplace, school, college, bus, car, whatever possibilities

Even though this movement is still new to the world, it has truly helped women rid themselves of the shame and fear that a sexual assault brings.

India is one of the countries where sexual assault episodes happen on a frequent basis and sadly, there are many women who are not in a position to stand up for themselves.

The #metoo-campaign can really help shed some light on situations where women don’t have the upper hand.

It can help explain all the inequalities women in India go through to the rest of the world.

A new era for feminism has been marked in India and women can only hope to see better days.

As long as we have each other’s backs, we will be able to fight through anything…..

The global #metoo- the movement has now built on that momentum by giving more Indian women the courage to name names.

An unprecedented number of millennial youth launched a rallying cry for women’s unconditional freedom.

By bringing the discourse of freedom, sexuality, choice, and desire into the public spot—in the streets and through social media—this agitation forced the government to expand its legal definition of rape, introducing harsher punishment for rapists and criminalizing stalking and voyeurism.

The battle is far from over on #metoo Stories.

And, like many in the U.S. who fear that #Me Too has become a movement for the privileged few, many Indians reject this online feminist movement for being too elitist in a country where only a quarter of its population has access to the internet.

The earliest campaigns—the 2003 Blank Noise Project against eve-teasing, the 2009 Pink Chaddi (underwear) movement against moral policing, and the 2011 SlutWalk protest against victim-blaming—were limited in their scope but set the tone for this new mode of protest.

Campaigns such as the 2011 Why Loiter project on women’s right to public spaces, the 2015 Pinjra Tore (Break the Cage) movement against sexist curfew rules in student halls.

They have done it on social media using the hashtag “me too-“, which aims to show the magnitude of sexual assault.

 

Filmmakers Activity Of India on #metoo Stories-

In the wake of the campaign, 11 female filmmakers have signed an online note calling out Bollywood to cease working with accused sexual predators and harassers.

Filmmakers Zoya Akhtar, Kiran Rao And Gauri Shinde amongst others formed a collective note and signed it stating that they will no longer work with ‘proven sexual offenders’.

The note was shared on social media by famous  actor Konkona Sen Sharma:

The notes have been signed by top women directors including Alankrita Shrivastava, Meghna Gulzar, Nandita Das, Nitya Mehra, Reema Kagti, Ruchi Narain and Shonali Bose.

All these below facts happened in Hollywood also –

Hollywood Stars who have tweeted on- #metoo Stories-

to say they have been sexually harassed at some point in their lives by someone included:

• Lady Gaga
• Monica Lewinsky
• Debra Messing
• Gabrielle Union
• Anna Paquin
• Patricia Arquette
• Rosario Dawson
• Rachel Wood
• America Ferrea
• Bjork
• Sheryl Crow
• Gillian Anderson
• Rosario Dawson
• Selma Blair
• Labour MP Stella Creasy

The name is increasing day by day.

So, think about it and I will discuss in the next article about #metoo Stories.

You can read here also-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Me_Too_movement

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