Abstract
“THE EFFECT OF SOCIAL NETWORKING SITE’S (S.N.S.), #METOO MOVEMENT ON GENDER SENSITIZATION AND INEQUALITY AMONG WOMEN’S OF WEAKER SECTIONS OF SOCIETY” – A CRITICAL REVIEW.
*Muntajeeb Ali Baig
ABSTRACT
The advent of Information Technology (I.T.), brought grass root revolution in sensitizing gender inequality. Information Technology, (I.T.), tools such as Social Networking Sites (S.N.S.), has played an important role in disseminating information to the masses, in a very short time, with free of cost. In educating and sensitizing Gender Inequality and Violence, S.N.S., has become an important tool in revolutionizing battle for women?s right, as cited in website (Me Too, 2018), the #MeToo movement was founded in 2006 to help survivors of sexual violence against the black women and girls of weaker section of the society, as expressed in the article, (?What is Me Too Campaign Movement in India?,? 2014) this movement was also started against the Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein as a hashtag on the S.N.S., Twitter in 2017, he was accused of sexual harassment of more than seventy women. In the present study, the main objective is to present the selected literature on the effect of #MeToo Movement on Gender Sensitization and Inequality among women of weaker section of the society. This study will be helpful in providing literature on sensitizing inequality, violence, and assault on women and also empowering women through #MeToo campaign.
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