[Reader-list] 'What Is Eve Teasing?' - Opinion Poll Results

[Amit Basole]

Regarding Kshemendra's query, for the record and speaking as a man, "talking
to breasts" is a very common occurrence and lived reality for women not only
in India but also other places. I recall t-shirts worn by women in the US
where the line "I am up here" with an arrow pointing towards the head is
printed across the chest. This is a form of protest against the practice. It
is a type of objectification so common as to pass completely unnoticed by
the man doing it or seeing other men do it.

Amit

On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 2:33 PM, Rakesh Iyer <rakesh.rnbdj at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear Chandni
>
> I think the larger problem is that the people who feel uncomfortable don't
> even open their mouth about it. And sometimes when they do, the society
> doesn't listen at all to them. And hence suggestions like these.
>
> What is required is not only a debate among intellectual classes, but even
> within the entire society. Here we have a society where if a rape were
> taking place on the streets, half of us would be engaged in watching it and
> even recording clips, some of whom would be even going to find out if they
> have a chance of enjoyment or not, and the others would ignore it and walk
> away. How many of us (including me) would actually like to be someone who
> is
> the evidence of the crime and hence speak out against the accused? And how
> many would actually go out and try to stop it, at least make an attempt?
>
> And on top of this, once the rape is over, the girl will be blamed, not the
> boy. As if the girl readily agreed for sex on the street to portray herself
> as a porn actress.
>
> I am quite happy though that such views are indeed coming across, and would
> like more such things. But we need to ask the questions which I did, in
> addition to of course, those which can talk about how such situations can
> be
> worked upon. In India, even the police and society generally says the same
> thing as the BJP candidate said.
>
> Rakesh
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