Richa Chadha, who was one of the first actors to talk about the existence of sexual harassment in Bollywood, says she finds it ironical when people who have benefited from the practice of casting couch, begin calling it wrong on public platforms in the post #MeToo time.<\/p>\n
\u201cNow I see a lot of beneficiaries of casting couch talking about it. They go like, \u2018Oh! It\u2019s so wrong!\u2019 I scoff,\u201d the actor told indianexpress.com in an interview. Since multiple allegations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein surfaced last November, the social media campaign \u2018#MeToo\u2019 has brought to the fore alleged incidents of sexual harassment across the world. The campaign, however, never picked up steam in India.<\/p>\n
The Love Sonia actor blames it on the lack of infrastructure in Bollywood to protect its women. \u201cIndian actors don\u2019t have a strong union. They don\u2019t have a legal help. If some woman gets up one day and says a name, I can write it down on a paper and sign it that no one will hire her again.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor your scoop, she will give out a name and then who will support her? Who is going to take care of her family? No one\u2019s going to do it till you put that cushioning, safety net. Even if there is a working actor (who speaks about it), they will be people who get royalty for the stuff that they have done, assuming they will not get hired again,\u201d Richa Chadha said.<\/p>\n
The actor further said that no one realises the opportunity cost for a woman to name her abusers. \u201cI have written about the opportunity cost of sexism. It takes six Oscar winners to tell the world that this guy is a douche. Didn\u2019t we know that already? As a journalist, you also know who these dirty scumbags are.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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