Savvy India — December 2017

The significance of

the scandal is about

speaking up and putting

an end to ALL the Harvey

Weinsteins in the world.

THE EFFECTS IN INDIA

‘The Times Of India’ did a recent

article about the rise of aspiring

actresses who have come forward

to complain against sexual

harassment to CINTAA post

Harvey Weinstein. Even women

like Kangana Ranaut, Vidya Balan

and Raveena Tandon have boldly

spoken up about sexual offenders

and sleazy men in the industry,

and how women should not put

up with it any more.

BEYOND WEINSTEIN

But the real signifi cance of the fallout goes

beyond Harvey Weinstein. As Oprah Winfrey

put it: “If we make this moment all about Harvey

Weinstein, we’ve already lost.” Indeed, the

signifi cance of the scandal is about speaking up

and putting an end to ALL the Harvey Weinsteins

in the world – those who occupy positions of

power and use it to exploit, humiliate and

traumatize their victims – just because they

can. And not only the one’s who do it, but also

the ones who keep mum and facilitate it.

Soon after the scandal broke out, a social media

campaign emerged where thousands upon

thousands of victims who were sick of suffering

silently, fi nally found their voices and joined an

online campaign with #MeToo added to their

accounts, and became a worldwide chorus

against sexual abuse, far beyond Hollywood.

It also resulted in a wave of similar allegations

against and ousters of powerful men around

the world, called ‘The Weinstein Effect’. Two

prominent men who have been ousted from their

roles are Amazon Studio’s chief Roy Price and

Academy Award winning actor Kevin Spacey.

Amazon Studio’s chief Roy Price resigned on sexual harassment charges

Actor Anthony Rapp (L)

accused Kevin Spacey

(R) of sexual abuse.

Spacey has since been

cut off from all Netflix

productions.

Raveena Tandon

Vidya Balan Kangana Ranaut

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