If You’re Wondering Why #INeverAskForIt Is Trending, It Is Because Sona Mohapatra And Others Are Sharing Stories Of Victim Blaming

If You’re Wondering Why #INeverAskForIt Is Trending, It Is Because Sona Mohapatra And Others Are Sharing Stories Of Victim Blaming

I have always noticed that there is usually one dominant characteristic that defines a person more than their profession or life ever can. For singer Sona Mohapatra, apart from her mind blowing songs, she is known for her never-mince-your-words attitude, for which we’ve always loved her. Whether it is calling out celebrities and A-listers for their misdemeanour during the rise of the #MeToo movement, or simply calling spade a spade, she has been honest to the T. And in the process of that, she’s managed to open a few important dialogues. Today, she is calling out the common practise of victim blaming and she used the hashtag #INeverAskForIt.

And she tagged a bunch of other women to share their experience. It’s unfortunate that it has been quite the norm. The women she tagged and others have been sharing stories of when they were molested or harassed and were blamed for it. Using the hashtag #INeverAskForIt, the stories that are coming up are scary and worrying.

Sona Mohapatra wrote, “During my BTech Engg, walking to the microprocessor lab in a loose khadi green kurta with a salwar.Seniors whistling, speculating loudly about my bra size. One ‘well wisher’ walked up & asked why I wasn’t wearing my dupatta ‘properly’, fully covering my ‘boobs’. #NeverAsForIt.”

 

The idea here was to start a conversation around victim blaming and we’re glad women like Sona are speaking up about it. More women shared their stories and their accounts are also equally worrying and scary.

Sona Mohapatra’s tweet stands as a mirror to the reality that us women have to live in,  day in and day out. Netizens who knew exactly what she was talking about, chimed in with their own horror stories, and it was disheartening to see how many women go through such objectification and become victims to this misogyny.

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