#MeToo

Social media sites are filled with #MeToo stories from most of my female friends. I wondered as to what #MeToo meant only to realise that it was a campaign against Assault and sexual harrasment started by one Alyssa Milano in her tweet . It was started to bring to light the magnanimity of harrasment of women.

There are many types of harassment that women face- in public, in office and also at times in the comforts of our homes. Yet why is that we women prefer to remain quiet? Is it mainly to avoid public shaming or that nobody trusts the women or is it to save the relationships in case of domestic harassment?

Harrasment may be interms of inappropriate touch or humiliation interms of one's character or sexual advances without one's consent.

I too have faced this while travelling in public transport and a man has tried to feel me, yet chose not to raise my voice inorder to avoid getting attention and instead all i did was move away. There are times when people who are family have spoken of my character, yet i remained quiet just to save the one bond that I was nurturing. 

Well, more often than not, the woman-in-charge fails to realise that she is being harassed and also doesn't know the appropriate action that can be taken to curb the same.

At times, it results in decreased self confidence, guilt and may drive a person to the point of insanity.

It's not only women who are harassed, men may be harassed too however the percentage of men being harassed is less as compared to women.

It's time to confront the person harassing and avoid such encounters in future thus making the world safe for our loved ones to live in. Also the person harassed has to be given enough moral support so that they regain confidence to get over the fear and tackle such situations if they repeat in future.

IT'S NOT OK TO BE HARASSED AND HARASS.