Eve Teasing

Sexual desire may be natural but it is wrong to resort eve-teasing. Eve teasing is the manifestation of seal provocation of the person. An indecent remark or vulgar comment is the mildest form of eve teasing goes to the extent of physical assault and harassment. Starts with winking eyes but making obscene gesture and singing irritating songs are the general method employed by the teasers. These cause mental agony to the girls. Eve teasing is said the offshoot of the segregation of sexes. Boys and girls were not allowing mixing up freely and so their desires remained suppressed. Even now free courtship and freedom ill having friends of opposite sex are not socially acceptably activities. So the suppressed feelings find expression ill terms of eve teasing. Another cause is the influence of the western culture. The grafting of western culture through education literature and cinema has tempter the younger generation to lead that type of life.

Eve teasing which is the off shoot of the suppressed sexual desire is considered to be the cause and result moral perversion of a society. Temptation to violate morality has been quite powerful. Eve teasing makes the life of the young girl miserable. In a crowded bus they are pinched nudged pushed and insulted. While walking on the road they are chased and commented upon. They not only stare at them wistfully but also pass obscene remarks on them. They have to tolerate all this patiently because heir resentment may provoke physical assault. No person however insensitive he or she may be can tolerate all this. On the other hand the passers by derive vicious pleasure in seeing them embarrassed. It is a crime which is not taken so seriously by the police or the authorities. In a democratic state if the weaker people are not protected they cannot become fearless citizens. If the moral crimes are committed without having a conscience the society would certainly degenerate. Women are afraid to bring complaints to the notice of the police because the eve teasers are not dealt with severely. But the action taken by the law or by the law enforcing authorities alone cannot be enough. People’s conscience must be aroused and they should be prepared to take up this problem at the grassroots level. Women sould be respected that is what Indian culture demands.