{"id":3410,"date":"2016-05-01T22:05:40","date_gmt":"2016-05-01T16:35:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/13.201.39.237\/?p=3410"},"modified":"2016-05-01T22:05:40","modified_gmt":"2016-05-01T16:35:40","slug":"christine-blasey-ford-tanushree-dutta-and-the-future-of-metoo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/13.207.105.184\/?p=3410","title":{"rendered":"Christine Blasey Ford, Tanushree Dutta, and the Future of #MeToo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"container page-content\"><p><span class=\"dropcap\">O<\/span><\/p><\/div><p>n October 5, 2017, the New York Times<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">published Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey\u2019s investigation into the sex crimes committed by Harvey Weinstein. Their expos\u00e9 would precipitate a landslide of allegations against Weinstein, as well as scores of powerful men who were named in the #MeToo wave that followed. <\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nearly a year on, Bill Cosby has been the movement\u2019s only major success, sentenced to three to ten years in prison for aggravated indecent assault. Other men have lost jobs or faded out of the public eye \u2013 even if they have, like <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/author\/sreemoyeem\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Louis CK<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, since returned as if nothing has happened. <\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But perhaps these prodigal sons understand the reality of a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/gender\/fairy-tales-post-metoo-sexual-harassment\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">post-#MeToo<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> world better than the hundreds of women who have finally made their voices heard. In the USA, home of the #MeToo movement, Supreme Court Justice nominee Brett Kavanaugh has been accused by multiple women of sexual harassment. The Republican-controlled Senate has refused to open an investigation, opting instead to have one of the alleged victims, Christine Blasey Ford, testify at an internal hearing. The consequences for Kavanaugh? He may or may not be denied a seat on America\u2019s top court.<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Closer home, on March 31, 2008, Tanushree Dutta <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/entertainment\/hindi\/bollywood\/news\/I-want-justiceTanushree\/articleshow\/2911657.cms\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">alleged<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that on the set of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Horn Ok Pleassss<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, she was sexually harassed by her co-actor Nana Patekar. At the time, her story was discredited and ignored. Faced with ridicule, ruin, and violence, Tanushree quit the industry and the country. Meanwhile, any scandal surrounding Patekar dissipated quickly in the face of support from the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/gender\/jeetendra-sexual-assault-me-too-bollywood\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bollywood fraternity<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, when he and the makers of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Horn Ok Pleassss<\/span><\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thequint.com\/entertainment\/celebrities\/journalist-eyewitness-account-tanushree-dutta-nana-patekar-sexual-harassment-allegation\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">insisted<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to the media that Tanushree was simply \u201cbeing difficult\u201d. He continues to be a beloved thespian.<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A decade after the alleged incident, Tanushree has spoken out once more, this time in a post-#MeToo climate. Her story remains unchanged: during the filming of a solo song, Patekar tried to insert himself, grabbing her and attempting inappropriate dance steps, refusing to stop despite her protests. When she retreated to her trailer, thugs arrived and began attacking the vehicle. Afterwards, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/humour\/raj-thackeray-mns-vandalism\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MNS goons<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> vandalised her car while she and her parents were inside.<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What\u2019s more, Tanushree\u2019s account has now been <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/janiceseq85\/status\/1044859767993364483\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">corroborated<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by Janice Sequeira, a journalist who was on the set at the time of the alleged incident, and who spoke with her afterwards, as well as a second eyewitness who was an assistant director on the shoot. <\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With credible evidence on her side, it\u2019s taken ten years for a small section of Bollywood to come out in support of Dutta, including <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/bollywood\/person-of-the-week-priyanka-chopra\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Priyanka<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and Parineeti Chopra, Farhan Akhtar, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/pop-culture\/sonam-kapoor-koffee-with-karan-karan-johar-kareena-kapoor-neerja\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sonam Kapoor<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Swara Bhaskar, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/pov\/twinkle-khanna-mallika-dua-controversy-akshay-kumar-the-great-indian-laughter-challenge-mrs-funnybones-casual-sexism\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Twinkle Khanna<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Anurag Kashyap, and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/series\/uninvited\/jia-aur-jia-kalki-koechlin-richa-chadha\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Richa Chadda<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Many are referring to her as the harbinger of a long overdue Indian #MeToo movement, a title she has accepted with some <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.news18.com\/news\/movies\/tanushree-dutta-metoo-moment-will-not-happen-in-india-until-i-am-given-justice-1887425.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">cynicism<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. She says that #MeToo will not happen in Bollywood until she is given justice.<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The likelihood of that is \u2013 as Dutta herself has acknowledged \u2013 pretty slim. Already, detractors are asking why she never came forward before, and the film\u2019s director, Rakesh Sarang, has <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.news18.com\/news\/movies\/i-still-think-tanushree-dutta-misunderstood-nana-patekar-enthusiasm-horn-ok-pleassss-director-1892227.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">questioned<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> why she did not file a case (she and her family did file an FIR in 2008). And the rhetoric swirling around her motivations is strikingly similar to that which Christine Blasey Ford faced yesterday, while testifying against Brett Kavanaugh\u2019s Supreme Court nomination. <\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As is too often the case for victims of sexual assault, Ford was treated as if she were on trial, rather than the man accused of attempting to rape her, now on the cusp of becoming a Supreme Court Justice. She was grilled about her memories from 30 years ago, while Kavanaugh contradicted himself on the broadest of claims. Even while recounting painful events, she maintained her composure \u2013 something that cannot be said about the blustering, red-faced Kavanaugh \u2013 and responded with calm, scientific facts on the nature of memory and trauma, bolstered by her doctorate in psychology. She emerged from her battle against the Senate looking singularly credible.<\/span>\n\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And yet, the truth of the matter is that the Republicans who support Kavanaugh\u2019s nomination, in part due to his conservative views on abortion and women\u2019s rights, have not been swayed. Despite the blatant misogyny and doublethink required to discount Ford\u2019s testimony, they have doubled down. Just like Patekar, even after eyewitnesses have come forward, still refuses to grant Dutta the basic respect of taking her claims seriously. Rakesh Sarang and producer Samee Siddiqui, who was not on set at the time, have <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.news18.com\/news\/movies\/i-still-think-tanushree-dutta-misunderstood-nana-patekar-enthusiasm-horn-ok-pleassss-director-1892227.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">defended<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Patekar, with Sarang saying he was only showing enthusiasm that Dutta misinterpreted.<\/span>\n\n<blockquote class=\"quote--center\"><p>Despite the blatant misogyny and doublethink required to discount Ford\u2019s testimony, they have doubled down. Just like Patekar, even after eyewitnesses have come forward, still refuses to grant Dutta the basic respect of taking her claims seriously.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If #MeToo in India is poised to begin, and we view the movement\u2019s progress in the US as a roadmap, then the Kavanaugh hearing is a discouraging sign. Ford\u2019s description of a culture where sexual harassment is a man\u2019s birthright, often seen as a kind of sport or performance, is harrowingly familiar, both on Bollywood\u2019s screens and sets, and in workplaces, homes, and schools around our country. In this culture, Nana Patekar has no obligation to acknowledge any role he might have played in Dutta\u2019s allegations, and industry heavyweights like <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/series\/fitoor-mishra\/tubelight-review-salman-khan-trailer-bollywood-fitoor-mishra\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Salman Khan<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and Beti Bachao ambassador <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/music\/amitabh-bachchan-75-birthday-greatest-hits\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amitabh Bachchan<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2013 neither of whom are free from rumours about misbehaving with actresses \u2013 can decline to comment on the issue.<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The dam of silent shame holding the stories of women and men whose trauma had gone unspoken for years, whose violators had never suffered even the thought of justice, who feared society\u2019s collective leap to victim-blaming, has been in the process of breaking for nearly a year. We can only hope that bold voices like Tanushree Dutta\u2019s and Christine Blasey Ford\u2019s continue to chip away at a culture that unapologetically places the lofty reputations and prosperity of those accused of abuse over the integrity of the women who dare to speak out against them.<\/span>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tanushree Dutta\u2019s allegations of sexual harassment are eerily similar to Christine Blasey Ford\u2019s, who testified at a US Supreme Court hearing yesterday. Does this mean that India\u2019s #MeToo reckoning has begun? 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