Noting how the several women speaking up are saving many little girls, Samantha wrote: “I am so happy that more and more women are finding the strength to say #MeToo. Your bravery is commendable. I am sorry though that some people, even other women themselves will shame and burden you with the question of proof and doubt.”
(1/2)I am so happy that more and more women are finding the strength to say #MeToo . Your bravery is commendable . I am sorry though that some people ,even other women themselves will shame and burden you with the question of proof and doubt. Just know that you are saving
— Samantha Akkineni (@Samanthaprabhu2) October 9, 2018
(2/2) many little girls with your voice . Thankyou . I support the #MeTooIndia movement
— Samantha Akkineni (@Samanthaprabhu2) October 9, 2018
She even lauded singer Chinmayi Sripada for sharing her story and other women’s stories including the outing of National Award winning lyricist Vairamuthu.
Thankyou for being so strong 🙏🙏 https://t.co/x8u3NxNVlp
— Samantha Akkineni (@Samanthaprabhu2) October 9, 2018
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The last one week has been an important one for women in India, where women have been outing their harassers with their identity and anonymously, too. While this is being dubbed as India’s #MeToo and #TimesUp movement that was originally started by student Raya Sarkar’s list of sexual harassers in academia (LoSHA) last year, this year the moment gained more attention a week ago when former actress Tanushree Dutta shared how veteran actor Nana Patekar abused and harassed her ten years ago. Ever since then, women have been opening up about workplace harassment with several names of prominent figures being added to the list.
In Hollywood last year, soon after top honcho Harvey Weinstein was outed for sexual misconduct, several other men including Woody Allen, James Franco, and several others were named for harassing and assaulting other women.