While debates about whether Rehana’s video breaches the privacy of her children continue, the order passed by the Kerala HC in this case makes some important points about female nudity and obscenity.
The Kerala High Court on Monday discharged women s rights activist Rehana Fatima in a POCSO case observing nudity and obscenity are not always synonymous. Fatima was facing charges for circulating a video in which she was seen posing semi-nude for her minor children, allowing them to paint on her body.
The right of autonomy over one's body is often denied to the fairer sex and they are bullied, discriminated against, isolated and persecuted for making choices about their bodies and lives, the Kerala High Court said on Monday.