Eve-teasing
Eve-teasing is a euphemism especially used in Bangladesh, Pakistan and India for public sexual harassment. It's a form of sexual aggression that ranges in severity from obscene gestures, indecent body language, sexually suggestive comments, inadvertent brushing in public places, catcalls, to outright groping.
Since the mid 90s, women increasingly started to pursue higher education and join outdoor activities such as various official jobs etc. From that time they started to move from one place to another without accompanying male escort. So, now they have to interact more with their male counterparts. Even they have to stay in dormitories, hostels and apartments to pursue higher education or for official purposes leaving their own houses. But the problem they are facing while moving or pursuing higher education is eve- teasing.
Some mentally unsound men are generally engaged in eve-teasing for their own pleasure and fun. Recently, the assault on a RU female student by a BCL activist is a perfect example of eve-teasing. Such type of eve-teasing is usually occurring in both rural and urban areas regularly.
I would like to say that eve-teasing is one kind of mental disease. This problem can't be solved overnight as it's very difficult to prove. Perpetrators often devise ingenious ways to attack women.
We have to launch a massive social campaign to remove this menace.
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