Letter.

Letter Published in The National UAE on 4Oct 18 Can assault allegations ever change behaviour?I write in reference to Rashmee Roshan Lall’s column From Washington to Bollywood, women are being heard – but are they being listened to? (October 3): I found this article on gender and politics to be both meaningful and highly thought-provoking.As the author rightly argued, from the recent allegations of sexual assault in Washington against President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, to the claims made by an Indian Bollywood actress against actor Nana Patekar, sexual assault and the behaviour of predatory men is high on the news agenda.But whether it will bring about genuine change and lead to women finally being listened to and protected from the worst excesses of predatory masculinity is, sadly, still very much an open question.K Ragavan, Bengaluru