#MeToo

#MeToo

I do not understand why there are more jokes and memes in India's MeToo Movement  than sensitive discussions.

The movement has barely started and is receiving more criticism than support. The arguments put forward by critics are weak and baseless too. The two major arguments are:
1. Why the women are coming up with these confessions so many years later?
2. Why are they not going for it the legal way?

The answer to both is the same :because you ask questions like these. There was lack of social acceptance to these confessions yeaes ago (there is a lack of it even now). Just imagine those piercing eyes of the policemen as they would narrate their stories.
Also they need time to assess their emotions after experiencing inhuman behaviour like these.

Another thing I do not understand is why we pass our judgement on the genuineness of the cases depending on the person's body of work.
Why is it easier to believe that Sajid Khan was a perpitartor and not Nana Patekar? Yes, Nana Patekar is more senior, more respectable and a better artist, but is that all It takes? Charlie Chaplain was the greatest entertainer of all time and he indulged in sexual abuse and exploitation of girls many years his junior.
I am not saying Nana Patekar is guilty or Sajid Khan is not.
How would I know? It is not easy to prove anyone guilty or innocent in these cases anyway. What holds importance is that people come out and talk about it fearlessly.
Maybe it is not easy to pin down these influenfial celebrities but two things can be taken from them which they will cherish most :their professional life and their respect. And even if this does not happen, Atleast more women (potential victims) would be wary around Nana Patekar or Sajid Khan, if they are indeed guilty. Atleast they can be saved from the trauma.

Lastly I would say  that it is terribly wrong to criticisise a movement because some people are doing it wrong. No movement is perfect. Even the freedom movement had people who were opportunists and selfish, did we condemn the whole movement?