Yet another molestation incident-in a city that is considered safe-http://www.hindustantimes.com/storypage/storypage.aspx?id=143f3514-8801-42cb-88ea-0cca28a32d5d&MatchID1=4626&TeamID1=1&TeamID2=6&MatchType1=1&SeriesID1=1165&MatchID2=4618&TeamID3=3&TeamID4=4&MatchType2=1&SeriesID2=1163&PrimaryID=4626&Headline=Mob+molests+2+women+on+New+Year%e2%80%99s+Day
Everyday when I step out of my house to take a public transport to office I say a silent prayer for my safety and for the safety my friends ...Am not scared of bomb blasts-the idea of being blown to pieces because some people somewhere in the world want to spread terror is not my idea of death...... But that is not what scares me or for that any woman travelling alone (I am daring to speak on behalf of all women like me)-what scares them is the acts of perversion, acts of brutality, display of male brawn power, lust and violence done so blatantly under the cover of crowd . Talk to women -from age 12- 60 and they will have more than once incident of such experiences to narrate-and what makes it worse is the callousness of people all around and the tendency of society of blaming the woman of "inviting lecherous attention by her inappropriate dressing"!!!! I wonder what do people mean when they state the above- Are women fond of being groped by mobs, Do they want men staring down their anatomy, is it a pleasant thing to be jostled in crowds and above all does a woman want to be raped....
Dressing is a personal choice- there is a whole lot of paramaters that gets factored in when one makes a choice of dress...why bring morality into the picture and try to justify brutal, violent , cruel acts. In fact I think rape is the only crime in the world where the victim is made to feel guilty- They are ostracised, made fun of, criticised, everything from their appearance to their "character" becomes a topic of discussion and sometimes of amusement for everyone.....
I don't even want to go into what happens in courtrooms.....
Bottomline- If you are a woman your safety is your own responsbility and here I am not talking about following traffic rules. If you become a target of mob vandalism- it makes good headline news, lot of media flutter and attention, sparks a lot of debates , sometimes also becomes a political issue -but you as a person do not get any social support to tide you through the trauma, you do not get the legal support to ensure that the perpetrators get their due , you also do not get the comfort of knowing that your experience is used as a learning to prevent other such incidents by adequate measures....You are pretty much on your own...The groping, jeering, staring just never stops
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