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I have grown up being told by people that the best way to deal with eve-teasers is to ‘ignore’ them, and so have a lot of other Indian women. We think the best way to deal with a situation is to pretend that it’s not happening. Isn’t that living in a denial?
Well, as I grew up, I realised that there’s actually something that can be done when someone molests or harasses me, and people like Rashmi Shetty have inspired me and a lot of other women to take a stand against such perverts.
22-year-old Rashmi Shetty faced harassment while walking on a road recently, but instead of ignoring and letting it go, she decided to take a stand and expose the guy who harassed her. She uploaded a picture of the guy’s vehicle along with the other registration details.
She told Indian Express, “I could’ve let it go because he didn’t touch me or anything. But I didn’t want to, because the past years of my life have been infested with these experiences. He has probably been reinforced in the past to have this kind of guts. So this time I decided to expose on such man on social media because I wanted to find out about him and teach him a lesson.”
Here’s what her Facebook Post, which went viral, read.
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You thought I’d be scared, didn’t you? You thought I’d be ashamed, didn’t you?
I was followed by the guy who this scooter belongs to today in broad daylight. In a busy street in Mangalore. 3pm in the noon in the center of the city, from Aloysius degree college to Balmatta, to a guy dares to follow a woman who’s walking while there is a swarm of cops thirty steps behind.
You think you can halt a million times ahead of me and honk at me while I cross you as you take a good fucking look at my butt? And that would embarrass me enough to cry at my fate of being a woman in this country, this generation, this world? You think I’d freak out and run so fast that I fucking run into your arms? You think you stopping and making phone calls to your gang would would threaten me into never getting out alone? So confident that if I asked for help if never be able to prove your fault? And that people wouldn’t take my side or take me seriously?
Well, guess what? I take my side. These streets are as much mine as they are of undeserving assholes like you. You or a hundred like you will not scare me into staying home and not being free. This is a message from all the strong girls to you and your likes: if you try curtailing our freedom, we will fight back. And we will knock you down. I was only waiting for you to make a move so I can smack your face with my heels- the same ones you were trying so hard to catch up with. And you think you can do anything under the veil of anonymity? Here, I’m not anonymous anymore. And I won’t let you be either. And let me repeat, I’M NOT SCARED OF YOU.
I hope this reaches you somehow.
You thought I’d be scared, didn’t you? You thought I’d be ashamed, didn’t you?
You’re the one who should be both.
And yeah, FUCK YOU.
You can also read the post here.
We applaud Rashmi and her brave efforts for fighting with this problem. We hope that that culprit gets recognised and punished soon.
News Source: The Indian Express
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