ANSHI PANDEY
Some of the most engrossing discussions of my life
have been in lines of future of Feminism or the progress in the status of
females in our society. Such conversations have often times helped me gain
perspective of how feminism has been perceived and accepted by our generation.
Feminism is a worldwide socio-political movement which advocates the rights of
women on ground of equality of the sexes. A common misconception which revolves
around the phrase is the idea that an utopian society for women is one in which
it dominates over the other genders. And
a fear that persists among a major segment of the population is that women will
violate their rights in the judiciary wherein they will misuse loopholes. The
same fear has been put to test in the past week.
During the investigation of the Bois Locker Room, an
online Instagram group having only male participants, created to objectify
females, another such group came to limelight. This group known as Girls Locker
Room encroached the privacy of males and objectified their bodies. The
participants of this group are females.
There have been multiple debates amongst young adults regarding how the
media will not cover the story of the creation of Girls Locker Room, hence not
portraying how this group is as much a cyber crime as is the Bois Locker Room.
There is a prejudiced thought process in circulation throughout the nation that
the judiciary shall not hold these females accountable for the cyber crimes
they actively participated in.
Another faction of people have risen justifying the
actions of these females on their need for vengeance. This mentality is a clear
demonstration of hypocrisy. An individual who sees the crimes committed by the
participants of the Bois Locker Room yet consciously ignores those committed by
the participants of Girls Locker Room, fails to see that the punishment given
to a person is not to humiliate the offender and must not be redefined by
gender. The punishment for a crime needs to be seen at its face value.
As a feminist, I believe that the individuals
involved in creation of platforms for humiliation and degradation of others
must be held accountable for their actions despite their gender, colour, caste
and creed. One must never forget the consequences of our actions reach far and
wide. And that an individual’s privacy must be respected.
Editor’s Note: Girls
Locker Room was equally wrong as the Boys Locker Room and it cannot be
justified. It’s sad to see that people raise voice against the boys, but never
speak against girls, as if they can never do such a thing. The girls, of
course, didn’t talk about raping anyone, but body shaming, objectifying and
sexualizing anyone is equally wrong. I am a girl and I don support it.
In the end I would like to
quote a famous line trending on social media these days- “Teach your children
to respect everyone.”
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