Did You Ask For It?
I once wrote “India would truly be a magical place if only 99% of its men practise ogle-discretion.”
Blank Noise Project seeks to recognize Eve Teasing as sexual harrasment rather than a mere invitation to please the eye. A woman is raped for every half an hour (in India) and most of the charges were left acquitted on the basis of “she was asking for it.”
“…We question, defy, and attempt to put an end to the argument that women ‘ask for it‘. To establish ‘asking for it’ as a mere excuse for sexual harassment, we are asking all women to send in one garment that they wore when they were eve teased.”
In support of the project, women in Bangalore have taken a version of their own campaign to reclaim dignity by wearing t shirts with slogans such as “Y-ARE-U Looking At Me?” while they stand in groups, staring right back at the public.
If I had known how bad it was, I’d have printed a shirt that goes “You look really stupid LOOKING (at me) like that, really.“before landing myself in India then.