Illustration/Ravi Jadhav

The campaign against sexual harassment is gathering momentum worldwide. This has followed the outing of serial casting coucher and Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein, 65, after a number of women accused him of sexual assault or harassment over two decades. Sexual harassment, along with rape, misogyny, patriarchy and related social sicknesses, has a long history in India. Generally, men's attitudes towards women, hardened over a lifetime, will require serious work, or more likely, legal punishment, before they can become more respectful or sensitive towards women and children. But, what we can and must actively shape every day, are our children's attitudes towards sexual abuse; they are easier to mould.