EVE TEASING

BUSINESS LAW PROJECT

9/9/2009
Jacinta Tigga
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Eve teasing
Introduction
Thepsychologyofeveteasing
Faultytrainingathome
IsBollywoodtheculprit?
Lawconcerningeveteasing
Recommendations
Solutions
FactsandFigures
Experiences
Conclusion
Bibliography
EVETEASING
It's the same story every day. You are waiting at the bus stop early in the morning, minding your
business as usual, when a group of guys sitting on a wall behind the stop, as if on cue, burst out into a
loud rendition of "Chholi ke peeche kya hai, chholi ke peechey!" or something like
"Anney, madipa pakuraaru, anney idupu a pakkuraaru!"( ohh Brother look at the folds of the
hips! Or something like that) .
You valiantly try to ignore them and jump into the next bus which comes along.
To your dismay, the bus is extremely crowded, and to top it off, an old man cannot keep his hands to
himself and makes it a point to grope your breast every time the bus driver applies the brakes and to
make matters worse you can feel him getting a hard on.
You have had enough and you decide to get down at the very next stop, but you have to fight through
the huge group of guys hanging off the footboard of the bus and you get groped on your way out, by
seven pairs of hands at least.
You are left feeling violated, but you have to go to work/college/school, so you call an auto and get into
it and heave a sigh of relief. But your relief is short lived as you notice the auto driver adjusting his
rearview mirror to catch glimpses at you, and you try you level best to keep a somber expression and
you stubbornly look at the road instead.
At the next signal you are caught off guard by some guy who puts his hand into the auto through the
window and pinches your breast (in lightning speed) as he zips by. By the time you get over the shock
and the pain, he has sped off and you are left feeling dirty and filthy and all you can think of, is how you
need to take a bath. Badly. You need to rub that feeling off your skin. Now & quote; gross is it not?
Finally you reach your destination and as you walk towards it, you jump out of your skin as a car hurtles
towards you, and swerves just before running you over. The driver stops, just in time to cackle loudly
along with his cronies at your discomfiture and drives away or You reach office and as you're about to
enter the gate, a cyclist comes out of nowhere, slaps you on your butt and cycles off.
Office is fine. You have some form of control over your surroundings and take revenge on the male sex
by bossing your peon around.
Later, in the evening your free and want to go for a movie. So you book your tickets and at the 6:30 p.m.
show you get 'completely unintentionally' jostled and felt up. Well, what did you expect? You should
have sat at home and watched it on VCD you bad, bad girl.
As you exit the hall a ruffian whistles and another one passes a lewd remark. You reach home, dodge
another speeding vehicle with its underage driver listening to ear-blasting music and hooting as he
passes you. 'A***ole!' you mutter irritated, hurriedly enter the gate and bang it shut as loud as you can.
Just another day!

 
INTRODUCTION
we’d be wrong if we say that men and women are equal in this world. It may sound good in school
essays and fetch you the requisite marks, but you have to wait to get in to the real world to see how
true it is. We're either far ahead or lagging behind, but never on the same footing.
Our main objective should be to educate, empower and encourage girls and women to raise their voice
against such a heinous act. We have come to terms with the fact that we cannot bring an end to eve
teasing' because it is going to exist in one form or another. But instead of being passive about it, maybe
we could reduce it? We're not aiming at being vindictive, but defensive. Not trying to get eve, but
fighting back for getting something we don't deserve and something that we have not asked for.
Eve teasing is a euphemism used in India, Bangladesh and Pakistan for public sexual harassment, street
harassment or molestation of women by men, with Eve being a reference to the biblical Eve.

Lets admit it Yes Eve Teasing is prevalent in this society and a few voices by our lousy blogs won't get the
point heard. Oh common for heaven's sake the local politician in my place erected a Grand pandhal for
Ganpathi. Little do people know that People play Jua under the pandal. Great way to welcome the Lord
eh?
You talk of Sexually Harassed people, this is what is happening. If you want to deal with it go to the
public rather than writing. Practicability applies when you can personally go and Take this Face on. The
reason I am telling you this is not because I am someone who is doing this but because if we can join this
movement together well then there can be A small change.. (Note I have cited small change) The reason
being small change is because Eve Teasing is what people need (Boys and the politicians).. They don't
care whose mother or sister is hurt. For heaven's sake with the advent of incest people don't care for
even their own mothers and sisters so forget about other girls. And talking of provocative clothing. I beg
the difference it doesn't deter men who look at you as if they have x-ray goggles installed on their eyes...
You talk about women I have seen boys at my area touching the nipples of dogs. YES THEY DONT SPARE
EVEN THE ANIMALS so forget about good will and all those nice things. Admit it those are assholes and
the only way you can change them is going to the root level.
 Anyway I would urge the men in this world to come together and please look at other girls like your
sister and mothers rather than looking at them as if they were your ex wife and are fit to be raped.
Women and men have equal rights and we must fight towards equality (This is what the sign says at
many public places) but for a matter of fact I see those same signs got spitting with Gutka. No one cares
that's what I am trying to say.. The problem is we are not preaching to the downtrodden. You are talking
about people who can come to the internet and write about their problems what about those living in
slums? What about those unheard voices? We have to nip the mischief in the bud. Eliminate the
problems at the root and the tree will be automatically cured. Where do you think men get the daring to
do all these things? From the same assholes who sit around in slums and do the same and go scot free.
It's a wildfire that intensifies human emotions towards sexually gaining a Pinch or a breast press. The
grassroots level has to be addressed.

 
THEPSYCHOLOGYOFEVETEASING
Many psychologists believe that sex, love or fun is not the only motive that men indulge in this behavior.
Eve teasing is closely related to the patriarchal mindset of the Indian male. Men are raised to believe
that they are more powerful physically and emotionally than women. They feel that they are doing
nothing wrong just having some fun. Women on the other hand are made to feel vulnerable and the
weakersex.
Teachers of psychology and social scientists believe eve teasing to be a result of the frustrations suffered
by a majority of youth. Disappointed by the unbecoming attitude of teachers and indifferent parents ,
they yearn for an outlet to vent their aggression and depression .Besides , many who do not inherit good
values tend to indulge in acts of sexual harassment.
Eve teasing can be seen as a rite of passage for boys on their way to becoming men. Considering that sex
is not the only motive , it would be reasonable to conclude that the psychodynamics of eve teasing are
closely linked to the issue of masculinity and the masculine agenda.
At the risk of over simplifying a complex phenomenon , it would not be imprudent to say that in our
country , the construct of masculinity is usually equated with patriarchy .In other words , masculinity is
experienced not so much as a set of emotional or behavioral characteristics unique to the male gender ,
but more in terms of hierarchical domination over the feminine gender ; so that the most man gets a
socially dominant position over his female counterpart.
Gender segregation from childhood, lopsided parental relationships as well as the representation of
man- woman relationship in literature and popular cinema, all serve to reinforce the patriarchal model
of masculinity in the mind of the growing male child.
It may appear paradoxical that in a country like India where the mother is generally deified, the growing
male child does not learn to respect the members of his mother's gender. But it is because of this
deification that the boy finds it easy to slip into the patriarchal mode, for he does not relate to his
mother as a woman, but as a helpless and martyred dependent who needs to be pitied and cared for.
The vocal emergence of feminism has also pushed the contemporary male a little on the back foot , not
only the women are threatening to encroach on his male dominion, but also because he does not have
any idea about how he can counter encroach on hers. So he moves squarely into the adversarial
position, something he is instinctively comfortable with and, during adolescence, focuses not just on
 how he can express himself sexually, but also on how he can claim his patriarchal right. As part of his
evolution into the patriarchal role , an arena is required in which his velour can be expressed. Organized
sport and cultural activities are examples of these, but require some talent and application. Whereas
standing with a group of peers at a bus stop or in a Cineplex, passing lewd remarks , gesticulating
lasciviously and generally behaving obnoxiously requires mere numbers, and when the hapless girl is in
no position to defend herself despite visible evidence of distress , domination gets established.
Thus, we tried to understand the psychology of an average eve teaser when he indulges himself in the
heinous practice.
All this study has been done only to establish the fact further strongly that it is now high time to include
eve teasing as a separate Tort so that this injustice and crime against the honor and dignity of the
women can be stopped.
Women are often criticized for 'inviting' molesters by way of their 'seductive' way of dress and make-up.
But this theory collapses in the face of rustic, illiterate and poor village women who cannot afford to
dress seductively. What does 'seductive' dressing mean? Who decides what is 'seductive' dressing and
what is not?
Another myth says that girls ought not to step out after dark and if they have gone out, they ought to
come home before it is too dark. It is implied that the victims are perhaps to blame for men teasing,
stalking and molesting them; this thinking is itself rooted in patriarchy. So, from childhood, parents bring
up their sons and daughters by two completely different rules of censorship on their movements outside
the house – geographically and in terms of time – one set of rules for boys and one set of rules for girls.
The same 'logic' applies in mixed sex schools in India. Yet, when the girl grows up and gets married, she
is expected to adjust to the 'outside world' of husband, in-laws and a different family altogether,
something they have not prepared her for. The Maitrayani Samhita (Yajurveda) repeatedly says that a
woman's body is not her own, so she cannot prevent herself from being molested. Violence thrives in
the victim's acceptance of the victimiser's moral right, social superiority and physical power.
These myths could have been exploded through effective protests, but this has been fractional. When
women protest against violence to their person by men, other women, social groups or the machineries
of the government, they are again victimised. Covert or overt, direct or indirect, visible or invisible,
structural or social, women are always both targets and victims of violence across the world. The eyes of
the man who accosts a woman with evil intentions will be extracted, wrote Chanakya in the
Arthashastra while defending the rule of Chandragupta Maurya. 2000 years later, the woman is not
spared the evil intentions of men. Their eyes are hardly the only offending organs of their body used to
insult a woman.
Eve teasing, like rape, molestation and sexual harassment, is generally understood in feminist theory to
be an expression not of unbridled lust and desire, but of power. Eve teasing is a form of sexual
harassment indulged in by men, never mind their intelligence or their education.
Men's elbows thrust out to brush against you; someone stands too close behind you in the bus even
when there is enough space for him to maintain a decent distance; you must be prepared to encounter
leers and comments if you are wearing a skirt never mind its length, or even a sari if the choli is a low-
backed one; till the offenders manage to instill enough guilt in you for you to feel you should not have
worn what you have. These are just a few strategies eve-teasers resort to.
There is a hidden agenda to a catcall, to a deliberate brush or to bottom pinching – show her who is
 superior. Let us watch her suffer humiliation and helplessness, the feeling of violation that burns
through her each time someone darts that look and mutters in that alien language. The offence almost
never meets with defense. The glory of watching one's insults being absorbed through her skin without
fear of reciprocation is something men take malicious joy in. Most women are conditioned to pretend
that they have not felt humiliated even as their whole being is simmering with anger. This reinforces the
confidence of the offender. He savors his victory till he targets the next prey.
Anatomy is destiny, & quota; wrote Sigmund Freud. The comment encapsulates the confining, narrow
implications of the way in which women's physique and anatomy has affected the way they are
perceived by men.

Various other reasons are suggested for the prevalence of sexual harassment such as:

Some feel that it is the direct consequence of a puritanical and sexually repressive society, especially
one in which women traditionally have no voice and nothing resembles equal rights.
The influence of western media is also a cause, especially those which have a mixed record on sensitivity
towards women's issues.
Some in society posses an extremely restricted mentality and also tend to be overly pedantic on
sexuality and thus cannot mix with women freely and also don't consider others' free mixing proper.
This type of mentality also provoke eve teasing sometimes. Some boys argue that at times girls dress in
a provocative manner that they themselves call male's attention.

People are not that educated (for that matter civilized) which is also a reason for eve teasing.
Some also feel that if children are not nurtured on the lines of religion and have an unchecked exposure
to so called modern fashion, they are bound to lose way of sobriety and moral principles. Thus they
don't understand that eve teasing is an offence.
Lack of policemen's awareness is also a reason for eve teasing as they are not conscious about this
matter.
The problem also lies with the conservative set up of the society. Education, family rearing and way of
living are some of the factors that influence everybody's mind. It is shown that if a girl is provocatively
fashionable boys bend down to such activities often also out of frustration. Undue limitations and
isolation from girls also give birth to sexual dissatisfaction and thus sort of aggression.

 
FAULTYTRAININGATHOME
Where the eve-teasers in India are concerned – they come from a background where they are taught
that women who go out are ‘bad' girls and deserve to be teased. Or that the women don't mind. Or that
eve-teasing is a harmless activity… a way to get to talk to a pretty girl. These men could have also seen
men in their own family treat women with scant respect.

IS BOLLYWOOD THE CULPRIT?

Our films are not helping. Those boys in the jeep for example…they followed the girls, and when the girls
 crossed the road in panic, they made a U-turn to get nearer, and this is when the accident happened.
Haven't we seen umpteen Bollywood movies where the protagonist follows a girl whom he has taken a
fancy to, and heckles her until she responds?
There are some people who firmly believe that its Bollywood which perpetuates the myth that girls like
to be teased and stared at …there was an interesting comment I read on a post on eve-teasing. The
commentator (who lives in Dubai) is convinced that the reason why it is mostly South Asian men who
indulge in this behavior is because they watch Bollywood movies. She gives the example of how &
quota; Indian and Pakistani laborers’ go the beaches and sit fully dressed and stare at the women
swimmers…& quote; Certainly we have many situations in Bollywood films where the hero's sidekick
ogles and makes an ass of himself when he sees a pretty woman. He thinks nothing of passing
comments and approaching her…it is supposed to be amusing…
But it's said that films reflect society and not the other way round…well, something is wrong with our
society then.
Films will only influence only those who are susceptible. It's like blaming television for the increasing
violence in society…in an article I read in the Times of India, the writer had spoken to several
psychiatrists about whether violent behavior and television viewing was related, and all of them said
that it was the home environment which mattered the most. And of course- it also depended on how
much TV you watched.
Certainly anyone who lives in the fantasy world of Bollywood will lose all sense of reality. He will fail to
see that his favorite heroes on celluloid behave differently in real life. That in fact they are gentlemen. If
the actors are acting in stupid movies which put a stamp of respectability on eve-teasing, well, its
because film stars do not usually feel that they have a social responsibility. As for the directors, they are
the ones who actually believe that a little bit of eve-teasing is harmless…
So common has eve-teasing become is that some men actually consider it the proper way to woo
women. On a blog & quote; post on molestation & quot; I read several comments from men (I read
them all, but will mention a few and not all because the others used bad language while referring to
women) saying that eve-teasing was a good way to get to know the woman!! He said there was no other
way to get to know women in a conservative society like ours. We like to blame lower class men for eve-
teasing, but I doubt whether the man who wrote such a comment was a labourer. If he was, he would
have been unable to write in English or would not had access to a pc.
There are those (although they do not eve-tease and molest women themselves) who feel that women
make too much of a fuss about eve-teasing. Or that its not common…there are actually men who insist
that molestation is not common because they haven't seen it themselves! As if an eve-teaser will grope
a woman if he thinks another guy is watching!
 
LAW CONCERNING EVE TEASING
One of the primary functions of the law is to resolve the conflicting interests and balance the competing
claims. Every time the social relation causes a friction, the law comes into the picture to resolve such
seemingly complex conflicts. Different laws govern the human relations of varying nature.
Law of Torts, which primarily consists of principles developed by the courts, aims at providing a remedy
whenever and wherever a legal injury is caused by a civil wrong of a fellow being and for which no
remedy is generally available under some specific civil law.
Property rights and personal freedoms are, inter alia, the interests protected by the law of Torts. It tries
to remedy them by way of compensation and in some cases through Injunction. The instant branch of
Law, the whole thrust of which is to safeguard against unlawful infringements of various kinds, has
certain edge over other laws. The genesis of this branch is related to the Common Law principle of
Justice, Equity and good Conscience. It can provide relief against a conduct which is unjust though not
violative of any law stricto sensu. The principles of Torts have been found to be indefinitely flexible. The
courts can mould them as per the changed scenario without being criticized for doing violence with the
words of any statute. Also, its compensatory mechanism takes better cognizance of the plight of the
victims. It has residuary machinery for redressal of wrongs in the area of civil wrongs. Thus, we can
definitely say for sure that Law of Torts has become an integral part of any legal system.
The word Tort has been derived from the Latin word Tortum which means to twist. It includes that
conduct which is not straight or lawful but is twisted, crooked, and unlawful. This branch of law consists
of various Torts or wrongful acts whereby the wrong doer violates some legal rights vested in another
person. The law imposes a duty to respect the legal rights vested in the members of the society and a
person making a breach of that duty is said to have done the wrongful act. Tort is a breach of duty
recognized under the Law of Torts.
Women constables in Calcutta's Salt Lake area sometimes function as undercover agents from the
Bidhan Nagar (north) police station by acting as decoys. Three young woman constables were able to
round up a total of 60 offenders within the first month of their operation in 2005. All offenders, say the
policewomen, were aged between 18 and 28. This strategy was probably the outcome of the sudden
spate of obscene calls hounding wives of high officials and ministers who live in Salt Lake, Calcutta. Film
personalities like Moonmoon Sen, Indrani Haldar and Indrani Dutta, Dolly Roy, wife of Congress MLA
Sougata Roy, Renuka Biswas, wife of CBI joint director Upen Biswas, Deepika Nanda, wife of state
fisheries minister Kiranmoy Nanda are among those who were hounded by obscene calls at any time of
day or night. But immediate deterrent action is often linked if the victim is a celebrity or has high
connections. Democracy here is conspicuous by its absence.
An officer posted at Bidhan Nagar police station, Kolkata, thinks that laws against eve teasing are not
stringent. "There is no law that can bring them to task," he says. "They are penalized
with a meagre fine ranging from Rs.10 to Rs.100.00 or three days imprisonment in lieu of the fine. Until
proper and more stringent punishment is meted out, one cannot stop this," he adds. To nab the
teaser and hold him down is one of the most difficult tasks in law. Add to this the casual and indifferent
attitude of the constable you take your complaint to. He looks at you with a smirk, chews on his paan
and the look is enough to express that he does not believe a word of what you have said or better still,
does not care!
However, eve teasing has now been given its proper status as a criminal activity – the law recognizes it
as sexual harassment. The crime could not earlier be pinpointed as a 'crime against women' per se;
victims can now take recourse under the law.
In Delhi, policewomen pose as women commuters and pull up men when they attempt to molest or
tease them. But problems would arise if this action of pretence by the policeman were seen as
entrapment. "Whip them black and blue," suggest some senior police officers of Bangalore,
as a remedy. "Besides offering the victim instant justice, it would also help the legal system from
getting clogged with cases where most often than not, the culprit is let off."
 Cases against eve-teasers and molesters also difficult to establish because the victim runs away and
never comes back. Why? "She has already suffered enough during the process of being teased and
molested in public. Tremendous psychological pressure from the immediate family stops her from
coming forward to identify herself. Besides, she has to take the same route to college. She is not the
only one either. There are hundreds who cannot report such incidents even if they wish to," says
filmmaker and women's rights activist Ananya Chatterjee-Chakraborty. In the Indian Penal Code, the
word ‘eve-teasing' does not exist. Eve teasing is an attitude, a mindset, a set of behaviours that is
construed as an insult and an act of humiliation of the female sex.
However, victims of eve teasing could take recourse to certain sections of the IPC. Section 298 (A) and
(B) of the Indian Penal Code sentences a man found guilty of making a girl or woman the target of
obscene gestures, remarks, songs or recitation for a maximum tenure of three months.
Section 292 of the IPC clearly spells out that showing pornographic or obscene pictures, books or slips to
a woman or girl draws a fine of Rs.2000 with two years of rigorous imprisonment for first offenders. In
case of repeated offence, when and if proved, the offender will be slapped with a fine of Rs.5000 with
five years imprisonment.
Under Section 509 of the IPC, obscene gestures, indecent body language and acidic comments directed
at any woman or girl carries a penalty of rigorous imprisonment for one year or a fine or both.
As eve teasing does not involve any physical harassment the law refuses to recognize it as a violent act.
What is discerned here is that women becoming victims of eve teasing is not seen seriously even by the
police. Yet eve teasing can be as cruel and as violent as physical assaults. In Women and Children
repression and Prevention Act-2000 an excellent provision was included in section article 10 that teasing
of women like making obscene comments or gestures was an offence covered by it providing for up to
seven years of simple imprisonment or meticulous imprisonment for two years. But the act was
amended in 2003 where no one can be charged with sexual abuse of a woman until it is physical. And
thus those who bother women in public places such as streets, shopping places and buses can no longer
be tried under this law. Defending the amendment, the government has said the provision had been
abused to harass rivals. Plaintiffs could not prove any cases of eve teasing.
The change is fuming the women rights activists. The change has come at a time when harassment of
women has increased in Bangladesh. But one can enforce her right under section 509 of the Penal code
where it is clearly stated that if anybody intending to insult the modesty of any women, utters any word,
make any sound or gesture or exhibits any object, intending that such word or sound shall be heard, or
that such gesture or object shall be seen, by such women, or intrudes upon the privacy of such women,
shall be punished with simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year or with fine or
with both.
The non-official bill to make eve-teasing a non-bailable offence is likely to be taken up during the current
session of the Maharashtra legislative assembly. At present, eveteasing is a bailable offence under
section 354 of the IPC. The Mumbai police has registered 61 cases of molestation of women since
January. It has also registered eight cases of eve-teasing in the first three months of the year, up from
seven cases recorded all of last year.

But any Mumbaikar who has been at the receiving end of ‘sweety, sweety' knows that these statistics
don't reflect the pinch-and probe reality. Most women do not take the trouble of complaining to the
police because of the hassles involved. Also, they are unable to catch the offenders and march them to
the nearest police station,'' said Priya Chauhan, a Sion resident who commutes daily by train to her
office in south Mumbai. Nandgaonkar said that the existing laws against eveteasing are grossly
inadequate. "Also,'' he maintained, "the police is not sensitised to the problem of
eveteasing.'' But a police inspector countered, "Unless the victims lodge a complaint with us we
cannot take action against the culprits.

We do keep watch of crowded areas like markets, railway stations etc. But we will be able to curb the
menace only if complaints are lodged.'' Nandgaonkar said that if such offences are made non bailable, it
would instill fear in "those men who think women are objects of lust''. He has also demanded
separate courts to handle such cases, as the victim cannot be expected to wait interminably to get
justice. Chairperson of the State Women's Commission Nirmala Samant-Prabhavalkar agreed with
Nandgaonkar. Serious eve-teasing, like making indecent propositions or lewd gestures, should be made
non-bailable offences,'' she said. But also, it is equally important that the police should be really prompt
in their probe.''

However, Prabhavalkar noted that very few women register complaints because they know that the
police do not take the offences seriously. This is confirmed by a police officer who admitted, if we find
that the culprit comes from a good family and has made a mistake because of bad company, we call his
parents and warn him in their presence. Often the victims withdraw their complaints after the offenders
apologize.'' Prabhavalkar, who is an advocate, said that it is very easy to curb the problem provided the
police are serious. For example, the police can recommend that the BMC cancel the license of a hawker
if he is found to be eve-teasing,'' she observed.

 
RECOMMENDATIONS
Education system must be premeditated in a way as to especially at a younger age. Co-education
encourages competition, but the curriculum must target at building a healthy environment of learning
rather than encouraging male-female contact unnecessarily. Boys from conservative backgrounds tend
to follow girls more often than boys from rather liberal backgrounds.

Parents' role is very significant. They should keep their children from bad influences. Parents must
educate their children 'what to' or 'what not to' watch. They should adopt friendly relations with their
children rather than being harsh with them.

Teachers must play their role to repeat moral teachings in the young minds in a more rational and
modern way.

Policemen must be deployed and conscious. They should not create a kind of deterrence against such
offensive acts and to punish such vagabonds where necessary.
 The boys should respect the opposite sex, as morality demands it, adding that they should not be
unaware to the fact that they have families too.
The parents should put utmost trust in their daughters, for this trust will give them the confidence to
face the eve teasers bravely and not to be frightened by them.

Overall the most important is the consciousness of the women themselves. The girl should not ignore
the teasing of eve teasers and don't think what the people think of her if she give objection to such
activities. They should protest strongly against such boys otherwise nobody can do anything against such
eve teasers.
 
SOLUTIONS?
Well, it's only when the boot is on the other foot that the understanding grows. In this post it had been
written about how a group of boys from the slums were shown how humiliated women feel when they
are eve-teased. The program was conducted by social workers and there was a lot of role-playing. After
this the boys changed their attitude towards women…an attitude that had perhaps been ingrained in
them by the milieu in which they lived.
Large scale programs need to be carried out by social service organizations to sensitize the boys who are
prone to such behavior. These boys can be helped because most of the time they are not evil…they are
not rapists and nor are they murderers. Just misguided and of course – idiots.
It's also time that eve-teasing becomes a stigma in our society. Right now it's looked upon with far too
much indulgence. Men themselves should tell their friends who tend to tease girls that this behavior is
unacceptable. If they catch their friend passing a lewd comment they should tell him that this is insulting
to women…

EXPERIENCES
When asked a few women if they experienced such a torture ; they were kind enough to answer it with
their detailed experienced.
I am a white American female working in Bangladesh. The public groping here is shameless and beyond
disgusting. As much as I want to fight back, I find that every day I impose more and more restrictions on
myself to maintain my safety and sanity.
Recently I was coming back to Dhaka from Mymansingh on a public bus. The young man sitting across
the aisle from me began to very openly masturbate while staring completely unashamed at me. When I
shouted at him (in English since I do not speak Bengali) it was the women around me who shouted back,
apparently in his defense. I was wearing a salwar kameez, so I don't think I was being faulted for
immodesty. Regardless, I was made to feel ashamed for his vulgar and degrading actions.
Women and men obviously have to fight back because a society can't function when half the population
is constantly under threat of sexual violence. Sadly, I am seriously considering wearing a burka to and
from work with the hope that when no one can tell my age or ethnicity it will become possible to
commute without having my day ruined by these disgusting men .I was groped in a train when I was 12. I
was coming out of the train look, when an old man( in his 50's I guess) pushes himself onto me and
squeezes my butt.
I scurried around him and I run to my mom. I never left her side for the rest of the journey.
 I was felt up my skirt (my school skirt) within a matter of weeks after the train incident, by the bus
conductor, in a pretense of helping me get down from the crowded bus.
My breasts have been pinched SEVERAL times in crowded areas and while sitting in an auto during a
traffic signal.
Almost every woman goes through the same harassment every day in one form or the other.

Ayesha Nair said, I live in Mumbai and we are completely short on time and space. So the quickest way
to get to work is the train…But! Oh! Wait! That guy? Did the freak just feel me up? What an awesome
way to start the day. NOT.
By my own admission, I'm a complete wuss. I have this dirty feeling that if I take action, they will surely
get back at me and totally make me pay for my " mistake& quot;. But I am not taking this
anymore.

Disha Waghani had to say this," PMS, labour pains and waxing are enough for a woman to endure
during one lifetime. We don't need the trauma of being a victim if eve teasing and be lookedat with
comtempt as if we asked for it! Why should we be punished for some random man's frustrations? Why
should we be a source of lubricious pleasure for some roadside romeos?
We are harged up while having a heated discussion on eve teasing, but we just mumble a few bad words
under our breath when somebody tries to get fresh. Why?
It's only in india that a 12-year-old boy believes it to be his moral duty to look at me up and down, call
me "SEXY!" and run away laughing, like he has accomplished something." So says
Anuya Jakatdar out of personal experience.she continues by saying," when their fathers are doing
practically the same thing, and the mother is correction neither, what else to be expected? Children
after all, learn by example, and the example set here is to establish your superiority over the so called
the "WEAKER SEX" starting with your mum and sister and then gradually moving onto
strangers on the road, cause hey, respecting a woman had never croseed their mind!
Out government cries itself hoarse on what it is doing to "uplift"it's feminine population. We
cant complain-we get discounted train rides, have reserved seats in colleges, and our primary education
is practically free.sadly, though, it is not enough. What we also need is to know that if we board a bus on
our way to class, we willnot br groped. We will not be accosted at 7 in the evening outside our college
streets. We will not be belittled by wolf-whistlers and lewd comments, just because we step out in
jeans. We will not be divested of our dignity by men who look at us like we are a piece of meat. We are
human beings, and we deserve to be treated with respect

CONCLUSION
Eve teasing is a wrong against the honor, dignity and self respect of a woman. It hurts her immensely.
There is a strong need for combating this fast growing problem.
Hence, I strongly believe and hold that there is an immediate need to bring eve teasing as a separate
head of liability under the Law of Torts. There should be a provision for a strong punishment for eve
teasers.
At the end of it I would like to say only one thing that in a country like India where women are
worshipped at par with the Gods, this kind of behavior against women is unjust, unfair and Hippocratic.
 We should be respectful to women. Then only we would be on the lines of happiness, prosperity and
success.

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