Eve Teasing
Eve teasing is a euphemism used in India, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Pakistan for public harassments of women by man, with the use of word Eve being a reference to the biblical Eve, the 1st biblical women.
This problem received 1st public media attention in 1960s, in the following decades more and more started pursuing college and working independently- meaning that they were no longer accompanied by male escort as had been a norm in traditional society. In response the problem grew to alarming proportions and some boys started to tease and harass women in street and in front of school, college, and other places.
The term Eve-Teasing has gone farthest from its denotation in recent times in Bangladesh. Almost every young girl is a victim of eve teasing especially by the local eve teaser. According to the Bangladesh National Women Lawyers Association (BNWLA) the eve teaser may be: Teenage Boys, Rickshaw pullers, Bus drivers, Street vendors, Traffic vendors and often supervisors or colleague of the working place of women. And it’s a matter of regret that nowadays many educated boys are also enjoying the way of eve teasing. The most of the people may avoid it as a common matter of young generation. Yes it is, but it is not every time, it can be tolerated until no girl is being attacked but when it crosses the line it becomes a problem to us and it just crossed the limit and became one of the biggest social problems of our country nowadays.
According to The Daily Star, 2 girl committed suicide only in October 2010 and 4 girls were killed and another 44 were injured in that time. Well, this is just a ruff measurement which came across the people’s attention. There happened many occurrences like this, which were not published in the newspapers.
Now the question arises who is the main reason and responsible of eve teasing of our country? And the truth is boys; only boys are responsible for eve teasing and all that. The mind set up and the attitudes of boys are the main
This problem received 1st public media attention in 1960s, in the following decades more and more started pursuing college and working independently- meaning that they were no longer accompanied by male escort as had been a norm in traditional society. In response the problem grew to alarming proportions and some boys started to tease and harass women in street and in front of school, college, and other places.
The term Eve-Teasing has gone farthest from its denotation in recent times in Bangladesh. Almost every young girl is a victim of eve teasing especially by the local eve teaser. According to the Bangladesh National Women Lawyers Association (BNWLA) the eve teaser may be: Teenage Boys, Rickshaw pullers, Bus drivers, Street vendors, Traffic vendors and often supervisors or colleague of the working place of women. And it’s a matter of regret that nowadays many educated boys are also enjoying the way of eve teasing. The most of the people may avoid it as a common matter of young generation. Yes it is, but it is not every time, it can be tolerated until no girl is being attacked but when it crosses the line it becomes a problem to us and it just crossed the limit and became one of the biggest social problems of our country nowadays.
According to The Daily Star, 2 girl committed suicide only in October 2010 and 4 girls were killed and another 44 were injured in that time. Well, this is just a ruff measurement which came across the people’s attention. There happened many occurrences like this, which were not published in the newspapers.
Now the question arises who is the main reason and responsible of eve teasing of our country? And the truth is boys; only boys are responsible for eve teasing and all that. The mind set up and the attitudes of boys are the main