It is only uncommon to read news about or be victimized by
eve teasing. Although the High court passed a law in 2010 that labeled eve
teasing as a sexual offence and committed the guilty party to jail or imposed a
fine, the phenomenon has only gotten more rampant over time. The lack of
immediate action, dilemma over its source and outcomes, and most importantly,
our gradual tolerance towards the matter has all contributed to brewing an
already warm soup. What we fail to recognize is something as heinous as eve
teasing is built into the every fabrics of our culture, our families—and
without persistence, it can never completely removed.
In a quest to get a deeper insight into the matter, an
independent anti-eve teasing group recently conducted a survey, to identify the
realities behind the issue. Of the thousand plus participants who responded to
the survey both online and offline, it was found over 90 percent have either
been victimized or seen somebody getting eve treasured furthermore, the
statistics revealed that most of these incidents (more than 70 percent )
occurred in board daylight, particularly around noon and took place regardless
of location and age. These primary statistics were then unveiled to an audience
on Facebook, Twitter, and in universities, and unsurprisingly, a large group of
people blamed women for wearing ‘loose’ or ‘loud’ clothing that provoked eve
teasing. That’s when thing got really interesting A second part of the survey
revealed that over 80 percent of the incidents occurred to women dressed in
salwar kamiz, which is our natural, casual, and cultural clothing. In addition,
a startling 53 percent reported wearing burka or hijab, so clearly, covers or
no covers, it seems there is no escaping eve teasing.
