'Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah' actor Munmun Dutta's 2017 #MeToo confessions have gone viral once again.
Back in 2017, Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah actor Munmun Dutta aka Babita Iyer took to her Instagram page and penned about the time when she was sexually abused during her growing years. The actor started by writing, "#MeToo... Yes... #Metoo... Sharing a post like this and joining the global awareness on sexual assaults on women all over the world and showing solidarity to every woman who sailed on the same boat shows the magnitude of the problem. I'm surprised that some 'good' men are shocked to see the number of women who have come out and shared their #metoo experiences. NO DON'T BE. This is happening in your own backyard, in your own house, with your own sister, daughter, mother, wife or even your maid... Gain their trusts and ask them. You will be surprised at their answers... You will be surprised by their stories...
She concluded by writing, "Why?? Because you're too young and scared to speak up. So scared that you can feel your stomach getting twisted inside and throat getting choked up... you don't know how are you going to explain it to your parents or you're too shy to utter a word to anyone... And then you start developing that deep-rooted hatred towards men... Because you know they're the culprit who made you feel this way... That disgusting, twisted feeling inside which takes years to overcome... I'm happy to be another voice joining this movement and make people realise that I was not spared either. But TODAY I will rip apart any man who even remotely tries anything on me. I AM PROUD OF WHO I AM..."
Check out her confession in detail below:
1. Munmun Dutta: 'Was scared of the neighbourhood uncle and his prying eyes'
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"Writing something like this brings me to tears reliving those memories as a little girl when I was scared of the neighbourhood uncle and his prying eyes who at any given opportunity would grope me and threaten me not to speak about this to anyone."
2. Munmun Dutta: 'Older cousins who would eye me differently'
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"My much older cousins would eye me differently than their own daughters."
3. Munmun Dutta: 'He thought it's appropriate for him to touch my body'
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"The man who saw me at the hospital when I was born and 13 years later he thought it's appropriate for him to touch my body because I was a growing teenager and my body had changed."
4. Munmun Dutta: 'He had his hands in my underpants'
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"My tuition teacher who had his hands in my underpants."
5. Munmun Dutta: 'Teacher pulling bra straps and slapping on breasts'
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"This another teacher, whom I tied Rakhi to, would scold the female students in the class by pulling their bra straps and slapping on their breasts."
[All photos via Instagram (@mmoonstar)]
