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

[Jasmeen Patheja]

Talking of tees. We had created these tees for those moments where the rear
view mirror is adjusted to the seated woman passenger's breasts, the mirror
reads the message- 'kya dekh rahe ho?'
http://blog.blanknoise.org/2006/09/t-shirts-for-autos.html#links

Rakesh- are you saying that the 'freedom to act' is the same as one's right
to say no?



On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 7:24 PM, Amit Basole <abasole at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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