#metoo : An Online Judiciary
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new revolution, ignited by the very long
submission to suppression and injustice is conquering both heights and minds
rapidly. The #metoo movement is indeed a warning to the male patriarchal
society that no voice can be silenced forever. This online judiciary platform
gives justice to the victim by tearing away the social masks, ripping off their
fame and social status, which indeed is more appropriate than any capital
punishment.
It
all began in 2006, when Tarana Burke, an American social activist used the
phrase ‘metoo’ to reveal the sexual abuses she had faced. However it became
popular only in 2017 when the American actress Alyssa Milano tweeted to use the
hashtag to reveal any sexual harassment faced by women.
The
hashtag gathered attention in India when Thanushree Dutta accused Nana Patekar
of inappropriate behaviour on the sets of a film they were shooting in 2008.
From then on the fire has raged vigorously, even overthrowing MJ Akbar from the
M.E.A throne.
A
curious question about the campaign is that whether social defamation alone is
sufficient to give justice to the victim?Doesn’t these growing allegations
imply that even our stringent laws are incapable of providing safe living
conditions to women?And many more.......
B.R
Ambedkar said ‘I measure the progress of a community by the degree of progress
which women have achieved’. Let our hopes of a developed nation be not
shattered by mere ignorance and discrimination.
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