Sexual harassment and the rise of the #metoo movement

A scandal that supposedly took rounds in Hollywood that instigated women to tell their assault stories , which was followed by other women to open up too. A topic that was not a taboo to not talk, yet traumatic to relive and thus never let out , but now after looking at other women and the support others have offered, we listen to stories from people from whom we never imagined to hear from. As feminism became a real thing, complaining gained its

heights. We started being distressed about everything but that needs to be given real thought. “Sexual Assault” is nothing new, why now? Isn’t it everywhere? Or must I say Wasn’t it everywhere?

It’s really conflicting if I need to be offended by epics where being naughty is now considered or ‘trolled’ to be an assault.

Some people blame men with the wrong eyes. Some blame parenting. Some blame the women for putting themselves in that situation and not expecting such earlier. Some blame the culture brought in by movies in which stalking, teasing, and harassing were casual and the best way to get the girl.

There are a lot of different ways movies showcase harassment and to state simply: If the hero watches the girl every day from the same bus stop, stands in front of her house, gives her missed calls, holds her hands in public when she’s in denial, its an act of heroism and the first step to Indian Cinematic Romance. If a man with weird looks, a badly head and a cunning smile touches your hands when you’re standing in a bus, or scenes of men chasing you down a narrow alley, rape that were the most obvious were considered offensive.

I’m still confused what to put under the harassment list and what to put away into ‘Things that you gotta deal with and carry a weight forever on the inside, yet act strong on the outside’ list. It’s a disturbing fact to know that we all have known workplace harassment was not something new, but

If we are ready to open up now ,why not when it happened? Were we afraid of our careers? If that’s true, aren’t you afraid now ? Or now that it has gained limelight, you thought you weren’t the only one out there fighting alone ? Now that this is a thing, would this go anywhere beyond just discussions? Will this stop and let women do the free walk ? One #hashtag , man unanswered questions. But one thing for sure – people aren’t gonna change in the speed we got out from our shells to tell the world. We will be facing a lot more, so buckle up and wait for it has taken years to express .

Those offenders are not going to stop. Yes, they know they are pigs. Pigs that know to differentiate fresh water and a puddle of mud, yet choose the puddle. Pigs that aren’t chained to logic or sense or ‘what the heart says’ are difficult to handle nor change, because it’s poor parenting that showcased domestic violence as a casual expression of anger, getting hammered as a state of being to blame when rape is a natural sign of disagreement to what the woman is wearing. These pigs could be anywhere – a place you have never been to before and hence taken advantage of, or some place very close that puts you in a no-way-out or no-complaining zone. Let’s gear up for this ain’t stopping anytime soon. But, we could do just something – SUPPORT. Support the ones in need by creating trust, proving yourself to be their safety net. There are women out there still embarrassed to open up and if support is something you can’t do, try not to do the other way. If we girls are going to play the blame game, we need to be together and put pull our pigtails when groping is something serious we’re addressing.