#MeToo, too late?

The recent global #MeToo movement against sexual harassment and assault is being supported by many rational members of both sexes (“Varun Grover calls #MeToo allegation baseless”, Gulf News, October 11). However, the question on most people’s minds is: Why now? Why suddenly? It may be a political step for some.

Like all living beings, men and women interact. However restrictions have come up as society has refined itself with norms and ethics. But now cultures and traditions are being diluted all over the world, and family values are being erased in the name of modernity. The concepts of mutual respect, morals and spiritual love are being replaced in all age groups. Elders and parents are losing their respect rapidly. There are no holds barred in the whole spectrum of behaviour in the human race these days.

Why have the women who have come out revealed all these intimate details in public? There is no objection to seek justice if a person had been wronged, however, one should do it in court and not in public. Sorry to say, the women coming out with their stories are affecting the dignity of those accused without thinking. Those accused have not been proven guilty yet. Empowerment of women does not mean that they should cast away modesty in public. They should command respect, not demand it.

From Mr Aftab Ahmad

Dubai