Boys Locker Room: Swara Bhasker, Richa Chadha Speak Up: ‘Not Enough To Hang Rapists, Must Attack Mentality’ After Insta Chat Of Delhi Boys Discussing Gang Rape Goes Viral
A series of disturbing and crude messages of a private Instagram group ‘Boys Locker Room’ came into light recently, where schoolboys shared objectionable pictures of underage girls and discussed rape. Now, Swara Bhasker, Richa Chadha are shaken by this and they spoke up, saying that the toxic mentality that creates rapists must be attacked
Massive outrage erupted on social media recently as a series of disturbing and crude messages of a private Instagram group ‘Boys Locker Room’ came into light. Netizens were enraged and shocked as screenshots of the all-boys group went viral on social media, in which Delhi schoolboys shared objectionable pictures of underage girls. Not just that, there were also disgusting conversations using derogatory terms, using abusive language and talking about illegal acts, including rape. Swara Bhasker, Richa Chadha are shaken by this and they spoke up about the same on social media.
Richa Chadha took to Twitter, and replying to the shocking news of schoolboys talking about raping girls, she wrote, “This a multi-faceted problem. Because everyone is still squeamish about sex education in our populous/moralistic country, teenagers are confusing porn for sex education! And now data is free. How dangerous! This will explode in our faces in the next five years sadly,I reckon.” Swara Bhasker tweeted, “#boyslockerroom a telling tale of how toxic masculinity starts young! Underage boys gleefully planning how to rape & gangrape minor girls. Parents & teachers must address this with those Kids.. Not enough to ‘hang rapists’ .. we must attack the mentality that creates rapists!”
Swara Bhasker also applauded the Mumbai Police’s post slamming the Boys Locker Room chats and calling it unacceptable to disrespect women. Mumbai Police’s tweet read, “Boys will be boys - never an acceptable excuse earlier, will never be one ever after #StopThemYoung.” Take a look at their tweets below:
This a multi-faceted problem. Because everyone is still squeamish about sex education in our populous/moralistic country, teenagers are confusing porn for sex education! And now data is free. How dangerous! This will explode in our faces in the next five years sadly,I reckon. https://t.co/mPVaXPOe6d
— TheRichaChadha (@RichaChadha) May 5, 2020
#boyslockerroom a telling tale of how toxic masculinity starts young! Underage boys gleefully planning how to rape & gangrape minor girls. Parents & teachers must address this with those Kids.. Not enough to ‘hang rapists’ .. we must attack the mentality that creates rapists! https://t.co/Jw4cFQ9gXM
— Swara Bhasker (@ReallySwara) May 5, 2020
👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 Well said #MumbaiPolice#boyslockerroom https://t.co/jjDD1LuFVf
— Swara Bhasker (@ReallySwara) May 5, 2020
The hashtag #BoysLockerRoom became a top trend on Monday, with Netizens reacting to this, and debating about the normalization of rape culture and toxic masculinity.
Image Source: JustDial, Instagram/Richa Chaddha