Eve-Teasing
Eve-teasing is a regular occurrence in the lives of Bangladeshi women.
In fact, the entire Indian sub continental region is afflicted with
this malaise. Neighboring countries like Sri Lanka, India, Pakistan
etc. show similar ratios of eve-teasing. That indicates a certain kind
of wrong mindset of men who harbour no respect for woman’s dignity.
Most often the incident of eve-teasing is blamed on the victims, i.e.
women. It is as if males have got license to indulge in any sort of
lecherous behaviour and can go away with it. The patriarchal nature of
our society has not been able to deal with incidents of eve-teasing in
right perspective. There have been plenty of instances when women have
come out in open sharing their experiences. Different newspapers and
websites keep publishing such accounts that reflect feelings of
disgust, insult and scare experienced by women. No one can explain the
truth of eve-teasing and sexual harassment better than the female who
gave gone through it.
Paradoxically, it is women who
often blame themselves for having invited harassment. Instead of
fighting back, many women tend to believe that it is their fault which
caused them such an indecent behaviour from lecherous males. It
reflects how deeply eve-teasing affects women.
The suffers of eve-teasing feel helplessness, anger and frustration at
not being able to do anything about the incident. Incidents of
eve-teasing can permanently damage the psyche of the victims. It makes
them susceptible about anything in life.
In fine, they find it hard to trust people. They no longer feel
inclined to trust their male friends. Sexual harassment or other forms
of molestations also impact personal and academic development of women.
The experience leaves them bitter and cautions for the rest of their
lives.
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