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Lol. Tisa if she is saying this..surely she has never gone thru this. You don’t know what the circumstances become at that time..if a girl child is sexually exploited…and she dosent know why her father is doing this to her. When mum is not at home…she is young and maybe think that it is a thing everybody does..what about that?..what if u are standing in a crouded bus ..which Tisa ..surely may have not done since she us an actress…and someone does that ..and u cannot shout since u are not sure …if it a mistake or something else…what will she do? Not everybody is like u Tisa..so strong and confident and not caring what would happen out of it……there are lots of circumstances..blackmailing of Bose’s to throw her out of the job…money …etc etc..
Bhairavi is spot on. These women themselves want to take easy route n opt for Godfather. Instead of auditioning in queue like others. And after getting break and success, they play victim. Did anyone put a gun on their head? No. It was a opportunistic choice they made for their own career advancement. Media shud focus on issues faced by women outside Bollywood bcoz that is where the victims are. Nobody in Bollywood is a “victim”. There are women too who hv propositioned or throw themselves at big stars. That is harassment too. Or women producers who take advantage of men. Make harassment gender neutral.
There is something deeply troubling about both Tisca Chopra and Bhairavi Goswami narrative.
For too long the discussion has centered on whether or not women ‘compromise’ and all this happening to only women who ‘compromise’. But that’s BULLSHIT. The fact is that sexual harassment started not when the woman entered the hotel room, but when the producer/casting director/co-star suggested that she should. We HAVE to move the discussion away from what the woman did and talk about how men dare to assume that a woman wanting to work must also be available sexually. The onus of saying NO must shift from women to men. In any corporate setting if you appear for an interview and are suggested to meet up for a private rendezvous, that right there will be construed as harassment.
And as for Bhairavi, here’s a thought: Partying seven days a week, sleeping with a new man every night, playing ‘sex games’ is not power. Even with all that, women still get harassed. When was the last time anyone from Bollywood was penalised for taking advantage of young women? And why is it that only ‘innocent virgins’ get your belief and the rest your scorn? Perhaps you’ve never been at the mercy of a powerful man and known he will go scot-free. But then, you know such men. You are just busy finding excuses for them.
I agree with you completely. This points to the victim blaming narrative that is prevalent in India. Women don’t feel empowered enough to speak up because they know how it’s going to go. People will say “why was she there?” “What was she wearing?” “She knew what she was getting into”…allowing sexual predators to continue their pattern of preying on seemingly vulnerable people. It’s not easy to fight back when these people operate with such impunity, knowing they will not be persecuted or even reprimanded for their actions. We’re often told to just deal with it. So the people who say that women have a say in what happens to them in this industry are delusional. Everywhere you turn, sexual harassment is waiting for you around the corner. It’s almost impossible not to encounter it and it’s high time we faced this monster head on and took it to task. THAT is reclaiming the narrative and saying, “things are going to happen my way now and I will be the master of my own destiny”.
I completely agree with Tiscachopra and I share the same opinion. You are out there looking for an opportunity and you are invited to join your director/producer/casting director on dinner followed by a private discussion in the hotel suite, don’t you know that you are risking your personal safety there? You agree and go, sending signals that are perceived as “Yes, I am interested in your proposition.” Later, you become a star and when you are at the helm of success, you call this guy “filthy” and give lectures on sexual harassment and abuse. In such cases, it’s neither harassment or abuse but mere compromise. These people should not use, #MeToo
Bollywood is a very grey zone. The redeeming aspect, if one may call it that, is that there may not be significant coercion, which is what happens in conventional cases where a woman is violated against her consent. There is a completely transactional, even mercenary, aspect to these incidents. It boils down to what price an aspiring actress is willing to pay for success.
Lol. Tisa if she is saying this..surely she has never gone thru this. You don’t know what the circumstances become at that time..if a girl child is sexually exploited…and she dosent know why her father is doing this to her. When mum is not at home…she is young and maybe think that it is a thing everybody does..what about that?..what if u are standing in a crouded bus ..which Tisa ..surely may have not done since she us an actress…and someone does that ..and u cannot shout since u are not sure …if it a mistake or something else…what will she do? Not everybody is like u Tisa..so strong and confident and not caring what would happen out of it……there are lots of circumstances..blackmailing of Bose’s to throw her out of the job…money …etc etc..
Bhairavi is spot on. These women themselves want to take easy route n opt for Godfather. Instead of auditioning in queue like others. And after getting break and success, they play victim. Did anyone put a gun on their head? No. It was a opportunistic choice they made for their own career advancement. Media shud focus on issues faced by women outside Bollywood bcoz that is where the victims are. Nobody in Bollywood is a “victim”. There are women too who hv propositioned or throw themselves at big stars. That is harassment too. Or women producers who take advantage of men. Make harassment gender neutral.
There is something deeply troubling about both Tisca Chopra and Bhairavi Goswami narrative.
For too long the discussion has centered on whether or not women ‘compromise’ and all this happening to only women who ‘compromise’. But that’s BULLSHIT. The fact is that sexual harassment started not when the woman entered the hotel room, but when the producer/casting director/co-star suggested that she should. We HAVE to move the discussion away from what the woman did and talk about how men dare to assume that a woman wanting to work must also be available sexually. The onus of saying NO must shift from women to men. In any corporate setting if you appear for an interview and are suggested to meet up for a private rendezvous, that right there will be construed as harassment.
And as for Bhairavi, here’s a thought: Partying seven days a week, sleeping with a new man every night, playing ‘sex games’ is not power. Even with all that, women still get harassed. When was the last time anyone from Bollywood was penalised for taking advantage of young women? And why is it that only ‘innocent virgins’ get your belief and the rest your scorn? Perhaps you’ve never been at the mercy of a powerful man and known he will go scot-free. But then, you know such men. You are just busy finding excuses for them.
I agree with you completely. This points to the victim blaming narrative that is prevalent in India. Women don’t feel empowered enough to speak up because they know how it’s going to go. People will say “why was she there?” “What was she wearing?” “She knew what she was getting into”…allowing sexual predators to continue their pattern of preying on seemingly vulnerable people. It’s not easy to fight back when these people operate with such impunity, knowing they will not be persecuted or even reprimanded for their actions. We’re often told to just deal with it. So the people who say that women have a say in what happens to them in this industry are delusional. Everywhere you turn, sexual harassment is waiting for you around the corner. It’s almost impossible not to encounter it and it’s high time we faced this monster head on and took it to task. THAT is reclaiming the narrative and saying, “things are going to happen my way now and I will be the master of my own destiny”.
I completely agree with Tiscachopra and I share the same opinion. You are out there looking for an opportunity and you are invited to join your director/producer/casting director on dinner followed by a private discussion in the hotel suite, don’t you know that you are risking your personal safety there? You agree and go, sending signals that are perceived as “Yes, I am interested in your proposition.” Later, you become a star and when you are at the helm of success, you call this guy “filthy” and give lectures on sexual harassment and abuse. In such cases, it’s neither harassment or abuse but mere compromise. These people should not use, #MeToo
Bollywood is a very grey zone. The redeeming aspect, if one may call it that, is that there may not be significant coercion, which is what happens in conventional cases where a woman is violated against her consent. There is a completely transactional, even mercenary, aspect to these incidents. It boils down to what price an aspiring actress is willing to pay for success.