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Saturday, April 27, 2024
Topic#MeToo

Topic: #MeToo

Celebrities in Pakistan openly support school girls’s #MeToo. Bollywood can learn

#MeToo is not just a celebrity movement, it’s a powerful tool to call for action and Pakistan is showing us the way.

The changing face of ‘power’ and ‘the powerful’

Henry Timms and Jeremy Heimans draw a distinction between ‘old power’ and the ‘new one’ in the wake of socially powerful movements such as the #MeToo campaign.

Unlike West’s ‘MeToo’, subcontinent’s men don’t hang their heads in shame. Women do

Most people in the country are used to victim-shaming rather than shaming the predators. Men don’t have to hang their heads in shame, women do.

After Saroj Khan’s remarks, it’s time for Bollywood’s #MeToo moment

Ranbir Kapoor, the yuvraaj of one of the most blatantly nepotistic families, says he’d be ‘very sad if the casting couch exists’. Really, Ranbir?

Pakistani actor Mustafa Ali Khan bats for a #MeToo movement for men

Here’s what’s happening across the border: Rise in govt vehicle thefts in Karachi, while baby food formula companies caught off guard by govt diktat.

Here’s what’s still holding working women back in 2018

Women are still paid less, female bosses are still in the minority and motherhood still carries the risk of total career derailment.

Raya Sarkar’s ‘list’ forced difficult conversations, but due process got Lawrence Liang

Raya Sarkar’s list began a conversation that must be continued. But the conversation must be on sexual harassment and not the lists.

Talk Point: Does the Aziz Ansari incident show that you need to be a mind-reader to understand sexual consent?

The question of sexual consent and women’s agency have resurfaced after a woman anonymously called out Aziz Ansari’s sexually aggressive behavior during a date. ThePrint asks experts to weigh in.

Why ‘The List’ shouldn’t become the new four-letter word in Indian feminism

Indian feminism is acquiring a new mutant form -- mobilise online, act online -- in which decision-making is decentralised, and there is no gatekeeping on laws and ethical boundaries.

Talk Point: Is crowdsourcing and publishing names of alleged sexual predators fair?

Recent social media lists on harassers in different institutions have become the buzz. We bring sharp perspectives on whether naming and shaming online is vigilantism or brings justice.

On Camera

Indira, Manmohan, Modi, all raised income inequality. Until Hindu fears took the driving seat

The issue of inequality has assumed the blazing limelight at a time when inequality in India is said to be higher than it was in the British Raj. It's a ripe situation for half-truths and incendiary statements.

Foreign policy resonating among more Indians in 2nd & 3rd tier towns of India, says EAM Jaishankar

Speaking at launch of economist Surjit Bhalla’s book, S Jaishankar also highlights Gen Z’s engagement with ‘reel culture’, which has 'promoted awareness, created interest in many subjects'.

Germany removes restrictions, India can now buy small arms from its firms

Germany’s erstwhile Christian Democratic Union govt, led by Angela Merkel, prevented sale of small arms to police forces in states they perceived had ‘bad human rights record’.

Frontrunner is letting the challenger define this poll campaign. Modi still hasn’t found a big theme

A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.