In the last one week, Indian social media has seen more accounts of sexual harassment and assault surface than it has ever before. Under the wing of the #MeToo and #TimesUp campaigns, survivors have found a voice. And as that rolled into a collective call for justice, we also saw one too many accused actually come out to confess and apologise.
The fight, however, is nowhere close to an end.
The conversation about sexual misconduct – in workplaces, homes and academic institutes – has barely begun. Pink may have raked in good money at the box office, but consent is still not a clear subject to many. Along with that, the general understanding of what constitutes sexual misconduct is also quite blurry among a large number of people.
To take this conversation further, let’s discuss a few forms of sexual abuse/assault that you may not have heard spoken of explicitly – but are just as horrid as the ones we openly talk about.