Yes my dear readers I am writing this not on any other topic than women security. Even today in the interiors of India, people believe that a woman should be veiled and that clothes are the reason for them being raped. Why should only the people of the village be pointed finger at? Even in our cities dwell 'human beings', and mark my words when I am not specifying any gender I mean both, who feel that its a woman's outfit that calls for such lewd attention.
I would like to ask you my dear reader, who I believe is radical enough to judge questions in a better manner- In India it is a common sight that men early in the morning are found under tube wells only in a gamchaa, bathing. Often some, in these early morning sightings, are seen only in briefs from where their penis is seen hanging obtrusively. I am sorry for my choice of phrases but isn't that what a man's brain thinks on seeing a woman's breast behind a tight outfit? So my question to you now- Why do women not jump on the men in those times and disrobe them in the streets and say that its their outfit which attracted them to 'rape' them. Let me give you my point of view- Women are saner than the men. I mean its hilarious to believe that clothes can be the main criminal behind these rapes. Ehh just as a side note- Did we forget the famous Hetal Parekh case? The one which was better known for the killer Dhananjoy? Does that ring a bell? If not then let me hit the gong. Hetal was an innocent 13 year old child living in an apartment of Bhawanipore, Kolkata. A 13 year old child at home I believe cannot be in such an attire which can attract a man's evil desires to rape her. But ladies and gentlemen, Hetal was raped and the crime ended on her being murdered. Even news of minors being raped surface and do we still want to believe that its the skimpy outfit of a woman which does it all?
But if some of my 'logical' readers still believe that its a woman's dress that invites rapes then let me ask yet another question- What about the man in a shorts running in a jogger's park early in the morning? Well to your displeasure I have not yet heard of a single case in which a man in a shorts has been attacked by women for wearing 'skimpy' outfit.
Coming to the issue. I also feel, and as I always say its my personal view, media too has a role to play behind this. No? Yes I say. I do not find any logical reason behind portraying a woman in almost nothing in an advertisement which aims at selling commodities like shaving gels, shaving creams, after shaves, men's underwear and other such stuff used by men. What provokes the stupid men of our society is the way media portrays a woman. In so many films we see a heroine robed, or shall I say disrobed almost leaving few of her body parts here and there, being hit on her buttocks by the hero in some bar and the background music is known as an ITEM SONG. Women are 'Items'? A commodity? And what's more shocking is to learn that the women who feature in these songs or commercials willfully do so as that's what the public wants, they opine. I say go shoot some porn movie, the public would love you more. The trend of heroines in such outfits are not new. Did we forget Mandakini in Ram Teri Ganga Maili?
Yes my vigilant illogical reader I know I have pushed the ball in your court by talking of outfits myself. Let me justify myself as you have no other option than either to close my blog or read till the last fullSTOP.
Actresses who appear on the TV screens in skimpy dresses are most of the time shooting such a sequence where she is with her love (in a particular movie). That means when the man touches her, she has virtual consent (since its a movie, and movies are just movies stupid), as she loves the man sharing the screen with her. So here I come with my catch word- CONSENT. They are not being raped. Its a virtual, consensual sexuality. I win a brownie point here my readers. Rapes and molestations are in no way consensual. They are forceful and devastating. They not only ruin a woman physically but also mentally. And again I would like to say that in such movies, where the women appear in clothes which are too less to cover them, men do not jump on them. They ogle at their revealing beauty, which again I accept is wrong. Some illogical men of the society think that its macho to pass comments or ogle at a girl's breast. I am not saying that all women are cleansed in milk. There are women who reveal to get wrong attention and end up satisfying her own thirst. But dear reader do you remember my catch word-CONSENT- yes! The woman who does that has full consent for so and I find no wrong in it. The wrong lies in our perspective. The wrong lies in how we judge irrationally. The wrong lies in us and its time we stand up against such stupid Intra-Personal communication (where a man talks to himself). We all know that it is not a woman's tight dress always. Many of us also try to peep in through the slit in a woman's kameez even though it is behind a dupatta.
Stop being even the smallest cause for a woman's displeasure. Stop embarrassing them by blaming their outfit. Stop brutalising women for wearing what they want to. And remember, you too have a mother, have a sister. If you think its right to view a woman with such eyes then the society too has the right to see your sister as an 'item', a 'commodity', a 'sex doll' and mind if she wishes to wear jeans and top, SHE TOO RUNS THE RISK OF GETTING RAPED, as that is what your dirty mind thinks.
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