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India and It's Rape Culture: A Thread That You Have Seen So Many Times and Yet Nobody in Power Gives A Fuck About
When I moved to India, I knew what were the challenges before me. But boy, I wasn't prepared for the fucking shitstorm that lay ahead.
When I moved to India, I knew what were the challenges before me. But boy, I wasn't prepared for the fucking shitstorm that lay ahead.
Catcalling is normal. The first time I got angry about it, I was asked to shut up because I may invite more threats. And so I did out of fear. Just passed by and prayed to every God ik to give me the strength to just live.
One day, my best friend rescued a girl, a destitute, from being abused at the hands of a well known rogue in the area. He followed her around for weeks posing a huge threat that her then boyfriend sent his friends to guard us and watch our every move.
Stalking is glorified in the name of 'love'. Stalking is used as a technique to scare women and chidren more often than not. I have been stalked multiple times and hey, almost all the women on this app have been too.
My mental health took a fucking glorious hit to the depths of hell when I was harassed online and irl. I had to learn to keep my opinions to myself at a point.
I went to get groceries 3 days before Karnataka was shut down due to the pandemic, and the shopkeeper just couldn't refrain from ogling me and my friend and making suggestive comments.
When I spoke about it, I was told I am overreacting. It has happened to every woman I know. Stalking, catcalling, harassment. That's a Tuesday for us.
This is where shit gets normalised. When you let it pass. Let it go.
This is where shit gets normalised. When you let it pass. Let it go.
I invite your fury. Your rage. I ask you to channel that anger, that rage every time a woman fears for her safety or tries extra hard to take a package from a delivery boy without letting his unsolicited fingers grasp onto hers and respond with logical arguments.
End of thread.
*deep breaths*
*deep breaths*
