Eve teasing is a menace that has grown to alarming proportions. Not many cities in India are considered safe for women. Though, we are one of the fastest growing countries in world but we have yet to ensure the safety of working women and students. Eve teasing is a huge issue in many metropolitan cities of India. It depicts incidents of public sexual harassment, street harassment or molestation of women by men. Eve teasing also involves sexually suggestive remarks, groping, making lewd gestures and perverted teasing. These disturbing incidents usually take place in public transport, streets, offices and public places. School girls, college going students, working women etc regularly go through humiliating comments by the unruly men. Eve teasing can leave a permanent psychological scar on women.
What should women do? Should they speak up or remain quite?
It's time to 'FIGHT BACK'. Large numbers of females in metropolitan cities are carrying deterrents to protect themselves.Many have resorted to carrying pins, pen-knives and even pepper sprays as their saftey tools. Others have taken self-defense classes and don't hesitate before landing a karate chop on the offender's shoulder blade. This doesn't mean you have to knock down your offender badly, But being too shy and reserved to speak up is just going to work against you. You've got to look your offender in the face and speak up as loud as you can. The crowd will automatically be on your side and then all you have to do is watch and enjoy what people do with him....!!!
So in the end i would just say....be street smart...always very attentive while walking/travelling alone..call for help by shouting as loud as you can. All the very best for dealing with such men and such situations. Don't get afraid and stop living your life your way...rather fight back and enjoy being a WOMAN:))
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