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Changes brought by #MeToo revolution :-
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In many cultures, women are discouraged from speaking up against
sexual harassment. In India, the situation is even worse. The victim will Email Address
be labelled as a sexual harassment victim throughout her life. She has
to face victim shaming too. #MeToo movement improved this situation. Subscribe
Now, women are encouraged to speak up.

Many women who are facing sexual abuse now know that they are not
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is their fault to go through sexual abuse. And they are made to believe
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Though very few, men are also sharing their sexual abuse experiences.
OPEN ‘Adhyayan Suman vs Kangana Ranaut‘ case is an example of this. It is
very important to spread awareness in society that men can also be
victims of abuse.

report this ad Many victims were silenced before as their abusers have power. Now,
they are listened and understood. This is a bug step towards their
healing considering the intense mental trauma sexual assault survivors
go through. This can be evident in ‘Vinta Nanda vs AlokNath’ case. She
wasn’t believed when she told her story 19 years back.

In many cases, though victims followed legal procedure and led a

complaint, these incidents were not revealed to public and hence
abusers continued living their life normally despite committing the
crime. Whereas victims were further harassed to withdraw the
complaint. Now with the power of social media, almost everyone is not
willing to work with proven sexual o enders.

‘National Commission for Women’ (NCW) dedicated a separate email id

–  ncw.metoo@gmail.com. Sexual abuse victims can send a formal
written complaints to this email id.

Negative side :-

Using #MeToo movement, some people are making false allegations

and maligning the reputation of innocent people to take revenge or for
other sel sh motives. There are limitations to freedom of speech.
People cannot just make baseless allegations on anyone.  Some were
not even proceeding legally, they are just telling in social media and are
staying silent. People who accuse someone have onus on them to take 
part in trial if the opposite person do not accept their side of the story.
Without it, every man is at threat of being framed as a sexual abuser.

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Some people are anonymously sharing their stories and naming the
o enders. This may turn into a dangerous phenomenon anyone can
malign someone else’s reputation without even revealing their identity.

Recently POSCO (Protection of Children from Sexual O ences) act

included boys too. But In India, there are no laws for male sexual abuse
victims if they are adults. This is very discriminatory towards one
gender.

These cases  will undergo trail in courts for years. The  overburdened
Indian courts may not be able to do justice to the victims legally. On top
of that, there may not be any proofs in these type of crimes.

As of now, only celebrities are utilising the MeToo movement. Common

people are still silent and are scared of victim shaming.

Still some people are blaming the victim, and questioning their choices
of work, clothes etc. Some are assassinating the character of victim.

After Nirbhaya incident, nothing has changed. #MeToo may also

become like that.

Several movie personalities are following double standards. On one

side they are supporting Me Too movement, and on another side they
do item songs which depict women as an object of sexual desire.

What needs to be done :-

Proven sexual o enders should be punished as soon as possible to

send a positive message in society.

Several Me Too stories are about child sexual abuse. Many didn’t even
realize what was happening at the time of incident as they were minors
then. So many children across the world are facing sexual abuse. This
was once again reminded the importance of giving awareness to
children on sexual assaults. Parents should teach their children to
openly communicate with them.

The underlying cause of violence on women is that men and women

are taught from a very young age that the men are the stronger one
and should be so. This puts immense pressure on young boys to be
dominant and follows the wrong theory of masculinity. Many young
boys think women are  of less value. In many families of India, male
member will be the head of the family. This also teaches them that they
have this entitlement. It is very important teach the issue of gender
equality to young children.

There should be punishment for those who make false allegations. But
it will be very di cult because proving it as a false allegation is also
tough.

Conclusion :-

#MeToo movement brought a positive change in society. It is very

tough for women to speak about the sexual abuse they gone through.
Most of the victims su er the mental trauma throughout their lives. This
encourages the o enders to commit crimes repeatedly. Me Too has
changed this situation for the better. It encouraged victims to speak up
and to heal in the process. It also made sexual o enders regret their
actions, because now victims are speaking up. Though some people are
misusing the movement, this can be solved with a proper legal procedure.

The main success of Me Too movement is that it taught many people

that it’s not their fault to be a sexual abuse victim. This movement started
shaming o enders instead of victims. Many people now do not want to be
associated with the proven sexual o enders. It is a big step towards
reducing violence against women. Behavioural change is needed to
further reduce these kind of crimes.
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