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What Do We Do About the Sexual Harassers’ List?
There's plenty right with Raya Sarkar's sexual harassers' list, and plenty wrong. But what if we think of it as an instrument to strengthen our processes?
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The Only Resolution India Needs to Make in 2021: To Reduce Crimes Against Women
According to NCW data, 23,722 complaints of crimes against women were received in 2020, the highest in the last six years. For all the cases reported, there are hundreds that go unreported. Can we make the country safer for women this year?
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Angry Women and Indifferent Men: What India’s #MeToo Moment Says About Us
Men have responded in a variety of ways to a wave of #MeToo allegations over the last few days, from going on the defensive to resorting to mansplaining. Even now, there’s an air of separating ourselves and the culture we are an active part of, from the vile men who actually go out and harass, molest, and rape.
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Aziz Ansari and the Deafening Silence of Non-consent
After #MeToo and #TimesUp and seemingly ceaseless stories of sexual assault by famous, much-loved men, I dug up my own. Just like the girl in Aziz Ansari’s apartment, why didn’t I just leave? Maybe, because my body went into tonic immobility.
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Why Sudhir Mishra’s Inkaar is a Crash Course In Understanding Workplace Harassment
Sudhir Mishra’s Inkaar uncovers the complexity of workplace harassment. The 2013 film highlights a key feature of twisted power dynamic and gender politics: That while organisations may encourage women employees to speak up, when push comes to shove, people shall protect their own interests first and conveniently side with where the power lies.
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Why Harvey Weinstein’s Sentencing Needs to Be Celebrated
Consequences for sexual predators even after the revelations of #MeToo are in short supply. But Harvey Weinstein’s conviction gives us hope; it marks a collective, cathartic exhale, both for his victims, for journalists, and for women around the world.
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Why Are We Not Outraging Over the Pollachi Sex Abuse Scandal?
Police in Tamil Nadu say that more than 50 women have been sexually abused by a four-member gang in Pollachi. Yet the plight of the survivors has gone unnoticed and reported sparingly by the mainstream media.
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Is a Four-Year-Old Even Capable of Committing Sexual Assault?
A four-year-old boy was accused of sexually assaulting his classmate in Delhi recently. Is it even possible for a child to fully comprehend the nature of a sexual act?
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The Cost of Creep-Proofing My Career
As women, we learn to develop a kind of “minority report” attitude to men who enter our stratosphere, judging them for their future predatory potential before we allow ourselves to feel safe in their presence. How many missed opportunities are there to account for?
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Christine Blasey Ford, Tanushree Dutta, and the Future of #MeToo
Tanushree Dutta’s allegations of sexual harassment are eerily similar to Christine Blasey Ford’s, who testified at a US Supreme Court hearing yesterday. Does this mean that India’s #MeToo reckoning has begun? Because the movement’s progress in the US nearly one year on, is a sign that little has changed.