These Indian women talk about street harassment they have faced, and it's not shocking, most women watching this video will relate.
These Indian women talk about the street harassment they have faced, and it’s not shocking, as most women watching this video will be able to relate.
These 6 women talk about the street harassment they have faced during their teenage years, some even before that. This is not just their story, but the story of women across India, all of whom will be able relate. It’s interesting to note that these disgusting men target very young girls or children because they cannot voice back.
These incidents can take place anywhere from the crowded roads to the confines of our homes. The only question that remains unanswered despite rising sexual crimes against women is how to end it. In India, where women are treated as properties, it is not a shock that a woman has no autonomy of their bodies. Sexual harassment of women is a byproduct of this patriarchal monopoly that is so deeply rooted and ingrained in our psyche.
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Payel Patel a resident of Mumbai deals with street harassment with guts and shows us the way. It's high time we speak up against any form of physical harassment and bring the guilty to the books.
Payel Patel, a resident of Mumbai deals with street harassment with guts and shows us the way. It’s high time we speak up against any form of physical harassment and bring the guilty to the books.
Street harassment, or as it is often misleadingly and simplistically referred to – ‘eve-teasing’, is a constant and often terrifying reality for Indian women. The term ‘eve-teasing’ is one of the ways in which language conceals the reality of violence women face in India.
Would fewer men harass women sexually, if the subject were openly discussed in families? #ShareYourStory and break the silence at home!
Sexual harassment is such an everyday occurrence for the Indian woman that somewhere, we have learnt to accept it as a ‘normal’ part of lives. And what is accepted by society only grows!