My CAN-I Thought Process!: Why Do Some Men Think It's All Right to Harass Women and Girls?

March 07, 2006

Why Do Some Men Think It's All Right to Harass Women and Girls?

Sujatha laments @ Blogpourri: Why Do Some Men Think It's All Right to Harass Women and Girls?.

"Oh, look! There's a woman! Now what do I do? Should I whistle, should I slide up close to her? May be if I put my hand out, I can grab something and squeeze it. Choices, choices."
My question is, why do men think this way, especially here in India?

She also reasons:

This sort of behavior sure cannot be what is taught them at home by their mothers and fathers, nor what can be endorsed by sisters, sisters-in-law or female cousins.

I think one of the reasons is not talking about such social behavior in a family environment. When it comes to discussing such behaviors, we live is a society of 'See No Evil, Hear No Evil' and we assume that ‘Do No Evil’ will automatically follow. However, the best way to propagate 'Do No Evil' is by actually talking about the evil nature of such behavior inside family/society. I encourage all moms to discuss such issues with their kids, thus building a better generation.

There is a new initiative BlankNoise that is started to fight street harassment.

Blank- that which is not allowed meaning, form or articulation. Noise- that which heightens, builds itself. Eve Teasing as the name suggests,is considered a joke, a prank.Eve Teasing is street sexual harassment. The project seeks to recognize eve teasing as a sexual crime and establish the issue as something that may be normal, but is unacceptable. The Blank Noise project works both online and on the streets of Bangalore, Mumbai , Delhi. We invite you to come along!

Support BlogNoise by participation in Blog-a-thon 2006 and yell

to street harassment.

Posted by Ramdhan Yadav at March 7, 2006 09:57 AM Perma Link

Comments

There is eve teasing even in other countries. It is done in a different scale in India. It is acceptable upto a certain level(as with any other thing, it is difficult to draw a line somewhere).

If it gets beyond control, there is law of the land to take care of it. You just need to take this to local police. I am not sure it is worthwhile a big campaign to take care of it.

Posted by: Kishore Dandu at March 7, 2006 11:31 AM

I agree with you that parents at home should start talking to their children about such demeaning and abnormal behaviours. The children should develop a sense of disgust for such behaviours which will go a long way in preventing them from indulging in such behaviours.

Posted by: Blinkdreamz at March 8, 2006 04:32 AM

Kishre Dandu Down Down, Blinkdreamz Zindabad
Kishre Dandu Down Down, Blinkdreamz Zindabad
Kishre Dandu Down Down, Blinkdreamz Zindabad

Posted by: Ramdhan Yadav at March 8, 2006 07:36 AM

You will never be sure Kishore Dandu till you realize that it is happening to your own daughter/sister/wife/gf/mother....but how will you realize that? You can't, because you are already ina state of denial...

Posted by: Appu at March 13, 2006 04:24 AM

Eve Teasing is surely unacceptable Ram...
But there needs to be a far more thought to this entire issue than just standing up and shouting "naras" and having all bloggers blog about their views that this is unacceptable...

Well if eve-teasing wasnt taught at home, where was it? Where did it spring from?
Does only a particular age group eve-tease?
Does only a particular sex eve-tease? No... there are no limitations to that.

The reason is that this is imbibed deep into the history of the country, how? check out my comment on www.blanknoiseproject.com or simply give it a thought.

Honestly by burning the clothes you were eve-teased in what are u going to achieve?
Perhaps a lot of media attention, some law perhaps the max, and then what? fear... fear is the only answer... and anything that is subsided has a tendency to overflow!

Posted by: lavannya at March 16, 2006 07:21 AM

What would you do, if you are not afraid?

www.BPODigest.com i-Vortal

March 07, 2006

Why Do Some Men Think It's All Right to Harass Women and Girls?