Actress Munmum Dutta who plays the character of Babita Ji in famous comedy show ‘Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashma’ has voiced her story of ‘Me Too’. She has joined the online campaign of ‘Me Too’ which provides platfrom to women to speak up about their incidences of sexual harassment, and encouraging other girls to speak up as well. Hashtag ‘Me Too’ is doing rounds on Intenet these days with many horrifying stories.
Munmum too took to her social media and posted her experience which is worth a read and truly inspirational. Here’s what she wrote,
“Me Too …… Yes …. Me too ….. Sharing a post like this and joining the global awareness on sexual assaults on women all over the world and showing solidarity to each and every woman who sailed on the same boat , shows the magnitude of the problem. M surprised that some ‘good ‘ men are shocked to see the number of women who have come out and shared their ‘metoo’ experiences. NO DON’T BE. This is happening in your own backyard, in your own house, with your own sister, daughter , mother, wife or even your maid … Gain their trusts and ask them. You will be surprised at their answers.. You will be surprised with their stories.. Writing something like this brings me to tears reliving those memories as a little girl when I was scared of the neighbourhood uncle and his prying eyes who at any given opportunity would grope me and threaten me not to speak about this to anyone ….. OR my much older cousins who would eye me differently than their own daughters …. OR the man who saw me at the hospital when I was born and 13 years later he thought it’s appropriate for him to touch my body because I was a growing teenager and my body had changed…. OR my tuition teacher who had his hands in my underpants ……. OR this another teacher , whom I tied Rakhi to, would scold the female students in the class by pulling their bra straps and slapping on their breasts …. . OR that man in the train station who gropes U … Why ?? Because you’re too young and scared to speak up. So scared that you can feel your stomach getting twisted inside and throat getting choked up … you don’t know how are you going to explain it to your parents or you’re too shy to utter a word to anyone …. And then you start developing that deep rooted hatred towards men … Because you know they’re the culprit who made you feel this way.. That disgusting, twisted feeling inside which takes years to overcome …. M happy to be another voice joining this movement and make people realise that I was not spared either. But TODAY I will rip apart any man who even remotely tries anything on me.
I AM PROUD OF WHO I AM ..”
I AM PROUD OF WHO I AM ..”
We salute all the ladies who have come forward to speak up.
