Singer
Sona
Mohapatra
who
has
been
an
ardent
supporter
of
the
#MeToo
Movement
in
India,
has
taken
to
her
social
media
handle
to
call
for
putting
an
end
to
victim
blaming.
She
shared
a
personal
story
of
'eve-teasing'
from
her
college
days
and
tagged
others
such
as
Sonam
Kapoor,
urging
them
to
share
their
own
stories
of
victim
blaming.
Sona
has
used
her
social
media
platforms
powerfully
to
raise
important
points
on
issues
such
as
violence
against
women,
victim
blaming,
bullying,
and
so
on.
She
strives
to
bring
attention
to
sexual
violence
through
victim
blaming
in
her
latest
tweets.
Using
the
hashtag
#INeverAskForIt,
she
wrote
on
her
Twitter
handle,
"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'.
#INeverAskForIt."
In
another
tweet
she
added,
"Tweet
what
you
remember
wearing
when
you
experienced
sexual
violence,
threat
or
intimidation.
Draw
attention
to
victim
blame.
I'm
tagging
@lydiabuthello
@sonamakapoor
@MadhumitaM1
@Chinmayi
@MasalaBai
@TheRestlessQuil
#INeverAskForIt."
In
2018,
Sona
had
shared
her
own
#MeToo
story
and
accused
singer
Kailash
Kher
of
sexual
misconduct,
and
also
supported
other
women
who
had
accused
music
director
Anu
Malik
of
harassment.
She
recently
opened
up
about
losing
work
for
the
stance
she
took.
In
an
interview
with
Hindustan
Times,
Sona
said
that
she
was
the
first
one
to
be
'punished'
and
asked
to
leave
Sa
Re
Ga
Ma
Pa,
a
show
in
which
she
was
a
judge.