This is not to discredit movements like #MeToo which have been born out of great courage and were, in fact, an initiative whose time had surely come.

We stand in solidarity with the suffering of rape survivors and acknowledge that women have most of the time been victims and targets of sexual assault and humiliation. These great wrongs must be addressed, recognised and redressed.

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However, false cases discredit the real ones. They cast a shadow on genuine suffering, create doubt in people's minds, and unfairly defame not just the accused but the entire family. There should be stringent punishment for those who make false accusations. This is because the stain tends to stick and the humiliation is absolutely colossal.

If the laws indeed are skewed, let there be a re-examination. Do they need to be changed in today's times? Are they archaic? Is there space and scope for gender justice? Let us ask and more importantly, answer the inconvenient questions. Men's Rights are human rights and an evolved society is an equal society.

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