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As everyone is saying - not all women are Draupadi. In fact, for me, there can't ever be another Draupadi. There are some women who share portions of Draupadi's tejj, her valor, her personality, her need to stand up for the injustice being done to her but the vast majority just listen in silently as you mentioned in your three posts.
That being said, while not all women are Draupadi, we can certainly try to become like her (men included too because Draupadi is one hell of a lady and she's put more men to shame with her words and questions than we can count).
Draupadi rose as a symbol for women across the globe, as a symbol against the injustice women had to suffer. We too can be a part of that symbol by standing up for what we appropriately believe in. In those three incidents you mention, all I read were women silently accepting the treatment. Nowhere did I read that someone stood up and defended the victim for any reason. The problem isn't that some women don't stand up for themselves, it's that they sometimes just need a little push (and we all come to that point one day or another where we find ourselves stalling because we need a little push).
So to reword Angela's end:
Don't be a Draupadi who silently listens to everything. Take a stand and be the fierce Agnijyostna Draupadi who dared to question the elders of the Kuru Court, who dared to question her Patis, and who dared to curse everyone in the Kuru Court. Don't be silent, and stand up for others.
... I think I went OT somewhere ... oops 😳
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