{"id":1789,"date":"2016-04-09T16:33:32","date_gmt":"2016-04-09T11:03:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/13.201.39.237\/?p=1789"},"modified":"2026-07-17T19:46:44","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T14:16:44","slug":"best-of-2017-feminism-harvey-weinstein-me-too","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/13.207.105.184\/?p=1789","title":{"rendered":"Best of Arr\u00e9: The Year of the Fearless Femme"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A<\/span>few months ago, no one could have imagined that a Hollywood producer would spark off a worldwide movement on sexual harassment. In fact, a few months ago, a worldwide movement that galvanised people on the subject of sexual harassment might have seemed unfathomable. Yet, the Harvey Weinstein scandal that broke out more than two months ago, became the biggest story of 2017, whose aftershocks we continue to feel.\n\n<\/p>The fact that sexual harassment was pervasive, even in the realm of the world\u2019s most well-known women, and those with — presumably — a great deal of agency, opened the floodgates of a long-overdue conversation. If we ever needed evidence that we needed to talk about the things we brush under the carpet, to confront the shame and the fear that is the unfair lot of the victims of harassment, this was it. \u00a0<\/span>\n\nThe story of this year can be summed up in three hashtags: We went from #NotAllMen to #MeToo to #SoDoneChilling. And in the process, women across the globe found a kinship that was warm and cathartic. In other fields, other battles continue. But as far as the online world is concerned, this was the Year of the Fearless Femme. The Harvey Weinstein story was a reckoning like none other. Hopefully, we won\u2019t need another one in the days to come. \u00a0<\/span>\n\nThe Cost of Creep-Proofing My Career<\/strong>\n\n\"\"\n\nAt Arr\u00e9, our writers responded to the story with confessionals and analyses of their own. One, in particular, titled \u201cThe Cost of Creep-Proofing My Career\u201d, resonated with our readers. \u201cAs women, we learn to develop a kind of \u2018minority report\u2019 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?\u201d Read the full story <\/span>here<\/span><\/a>.<\/span>\n\nWhat Do We Do About the Sexual Harassers\u2019 List?<\/strong>\n\n\"\"\n\nA fallout of the Harvey Weinstein story, was the list of sexual harassers compiled and circulated by American journalists, which spawned cousins of its own across the world. Raya Sarkar\u2019s was one; it spiralled into a debate all its own, marked by the divide between \u201cmillennial feminists\u201d and \u201caunty feminists\u201d. The complexity of the situation begged the question: What Do We Do About the Sexual Harassers\u2019 List? We tried to answer it <\/span>here<\/span><\/a>.<\/span>\n\nDear SRK, I was Molested outside Mannat. On Your Birthday<\/strong>\n\n\"\"\n\nEven as we dealt with the aftermath of #MeToo and #TheList, a young Mumbai woman was molested outside Shah Rukh Khan\u2019s house on his birthday. \u201cWe\u2019ve all heard the familiar condescending voice of a female Bombay-ite telling a Dilliwali, \u2018Oh please, at least in my city, I am safe.\u2019\u201d she wrote \u201cI have been that person. That changed on Shah Rukh Khan\u2019s birthday, after I was molested by a mob outside his house.\u201d Read about her ordeal <\/span>here<\/span><\/a>.<\/span>\n\nHow to Hit Your Harasser with a Comeback<\/strong>\n\n\n\nAn under-reported aspect of harassment, is the daily barrage of low-key insults that are hurled at women in the public space: From the shady songs that Indian men begin to sing at the sight of any woman, to brazen questions like \u201cWhat is your rate?\u201d How do you hit back at your harasser with an equally biting abuse? We compiled a <\/span>handy manual<\/span><\/a> for you. \u00a0<\/span>\n\nBreaking the Creep\u2019s Code<\/strong>\n\n\n\nFor those of us who spend our lives on the internet, online harassment spans the spectrum from \u201cirritating\u201d to \u201cdeadly\u201d. A young actress wrote about how, \u201cevery day, some red-blooded young man asks me on social media, \u2018How are you?\u2019 I count the number of messages it will take before he asks if I want to have \u2018hot sex\u2019 with him.\u201d How does she <\/span>deal with it<\/span><\/a>?<\/span>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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