Recent incident about a young woman complaining of physical harassment on a flight by a co passenger, strangely, has provoked a virulent campaign against her, since she has no proof of the said harassment, and afterwards did not register an FIR with the law. Posts after posts and comments on those posts are either pelting her with abuse, or demanding she be arrested. Would it be different if she had been harrassed in country where sharia rules, and if the perp were of that faith? Well, in that case she might be physically stoned to death, on his word, as an immoral person with unsuitable conduct in public. Does India and her people intend to compete with that primitive level of existence, where power is all that matters?
Arrests are made to begin with by police, and proving of crime is thereafter in courts. Moreover, unless the aircraft has non stop video surveillance, there can be no evidence except if someone filmed the harassment. So it is, yes, her word. Usually this is never taken as good enough, for a simple reason - a guy who can harass a woman can do it to the sympathisers and their families too, why go to trouble! Much easier blaming the female, shaming the female, ... with few exceptions such as a Nirbhayaa when miraculously the nation came together in condemnation and fighting for justice. Then, too, Ms dutt argued to let the chief perp go free, because his mum needed him to pay for her daughters' weddings. Ms dutt might care more if the victim were her own baby boy, but a dead stranger female, raped and murdered because she took a bus, mouthing pious platitudes is good enough. Anyone return awards when that perp was let go free?
Shame, the comments below this and other similar posts going after the female victim, does remind one of the Delhi mindset! This whole fraud about blaming victims if they are women, blaming those that speak up, or claim human rights despite being the "other" gender. As for the incident involving the young girl in photograph here, such things do happen, slimy males attempt this or worse against - believe it or not - old and obviously married women accompanied by spouse. Why don't women speak up, is because the males that do this, if the woman complains, go on attack more, publicly aggressively, and most women are brought up to think this is shame for the woman. What's worse, the male might be accompanied by females that join the attack. For example, a male demands that an old woman remove the handbag that separates his butt from her body, and when she explains why this won't do, his wife attacks saying "This is a public place, not your own house." No, there is no video. But witnesses, there were. As for the male foot bothering a female seated in front, yes, that too is common, especially in theatres or transport. One hasn't yet experienced it personally on flight, hope one doesn't. When one attempts to avoid the said foot by moving one's seat, it was the male that went on attack mode, with heated argument about his foot being bothered and it being impossible his foot touched one. He was stupid enough due to being in the "let's attack this woman for resisting this foot" mode, so much so he didn't realise his two statements contradicted one another!
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