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#metoo backfires on Indian women


#metoo Backfires on Indian Women  

Since 1947, India has been a prey to being charmed by the west. Indians impulsively try to replicate activities of west. Nonetheless, recent ruckus created by the #metoo campaign in India is a lesson about how replicating American ideas can backfire in India. Many Indian women have accused men of sexual assault by using the #metoo. Although, the motive is to get women justice; the opposite has started to happen. Few weeks ago, minister of state for external affairs MJ Akbar filed a case against journalist Priya Ramani for defamation; and there are many more like her. 
The problem begins with t@gging the person with the hashtag. Accusations of sexual assault is so severe that it does deep damage to the accused’s reputation. Therefore legally, one has to further their accusations with any legal action. And unlike the American women, we lack legal awareness, and thus, these women have just been using the #metoo without putting any serious thought into it. Once they accuse someone and not follow it up with a legal action, they are liable to being charged under section 499 of the Indian Penal Code, for defamation. Defamation basically means that one is lying in order to ruin their reputation.
In India powerful men can mend their way out of court cases. But women find it hard to gather evidence for an assault committed 20 years ago. Due to the backfiring of the #metoo campaign the credibility of women has started to deteriorate and the women stand ricochetted. It is a takeaway for the several women out there who are courageous enough to voice out their story with the hashtag, that they need to gather a little more courage to fight for their rights in the court. 

Written By: Shalini Sinha
FLAME University
401, Phoenix Complex, Bund Garden Road, 
Opp. Residency Club, Pune - 411001, 
Maharashtra, India.

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