While these may not have been my stories to tell, I can’t help feeling like I was complicit in upholding the status quo. These events have made me question my position as a feminist. At the time, it was easier to look away and brush it off as ‘men being men’. And stories have rarely ever been enough to bring down abusers. We didn’t have “evidence” to prove any of it – just stories of women who were made to feel violated and unsafe. So many of us continued to associate with them – professionally and otherwise – despite a growing number of stories about their misconduct.īut none of us could really muster the courage to do anything about it. So many of my peers have known about the kind of harassment these men had subjected multiple women to.
I too have heard about the folder in question. Several women from Kolkata came forward with their own experiences with the person who allegedly created the folder, and others like them, and painstakingly recounted details they’d rather have forgotten in the face of constant denial, invalidation and false apologies from abusers who continue to bulldoze their way out of the accusations levelled against them.īeing a student of Jadavpur University myself, I have known most of the people who have been called out. What south Delhi boys do in the form of #boyslockerroom, Kolkata men take it a step further and create a Google drive account using pictures of women.Īfter tweets garnered attention, many confirmed that they had heard of this folder. Several other men, belonging to the same social circle, have reportedly had access to the folder. Twitter user revealed the existence of a Google Drive folder, allegedly created by an ex-student from JU containing nude/semi-nude pictures of women. While coronavirus has slowed most aspects of our lives, misogyny and sexism are alive and kicking.Īfter the leaked screenshots from the ‘Bois Locker Room’ Instagram group, several students from Jadavpur University (Kolkata) have come forward exposing yet another circle of upper-class men who have been indulging in similar “locker room” toxicity for years now.
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