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.

Eve-teasing is a traumatic experience for women. It can leave deep psychological scars which can be hard to heal. Eve-teasing has resulted into many unfortunate events in the lives of women. Sometimes, it has made parents keeping their daughters at home away from school or marrying them off at an early age. Paranoid parents concerned about the safety and honour of their daughters can literally ruin their future. Ironically, teasing has dangerous consequences for women and not for men as it can deprive them of their freedom, nutrition and education.

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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