August 18th 2024.
Celina Jaitly, a popular actor, recently shared her personal experience of being harassed multiple times during her school days. She expressed her frustration at how the victim is always blamed for such incidents, rather than the perpetrators. Her comments came amidst the ongoing protests following the alleged rape and murder of a woman doctor in Kolkata.
In a heartfelt post on social media, Jaitly shared a picture of herself from her school days and narrated how boys from a nearby university would wait for her outside school and make catcalls while she rode her rickshaw home. She also mentioned how they would throw stones at her to get her attention. Despite this, no one came to her aid and instead, she was told by a teacher that it was her fault for being "too westernized".
The actor also shared an incident from when she was in Class 11, where the university boys cut the wires of her two-wheeler as she had ignored their advances. They continued to harass her by calling her names and leaving lewd notes on her vehicle. When her male classmates informed the teachers about this, her class teacher blamed her for being a "forward type of girl" and stated that boys thought she had a "loose character".
Jaitly also recalled how she was flashed by a man while waiting for her school rickshaw in the morning, and how for many years, she blamed herself for the incident because she was made to believe it was her fault. Even when her scooter's brake wires were cut and she was physically and psychologically hurt, she was told that it was her fault.
The actor shared that it is time for women to stand up and demand their right to be protected, as they are not at fault for the actions of others. She also highlighted the fact that despite the 2012 Delhi gang rape and murder case, there has been no change in society's attitude towards women. Jaitly believes that instead of teaching women to be careful, we should be teaching men not to rape.
Her post was met with support from other celebrities such as Hrithik Roshan, Alia Bhatt, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Kriti Sanon, Vijay Varma, and Twinkle Khanna, who have all demanded justice for the recent Kolkata rape and murder case. Jaitly ended her post by expressing her frustration at the slow pace of justice for victims and the fact that in our society, the victim is often treated as the accused.
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