You may deny it, you may find every other reason to blame a woman, you may protest against it, but you cannot ignore how sexual harassment and assault is a pertaining act happening all over the country, all over the world. Be it in the West or in the East; sexual harassment is prevailing in different sorts and it makes our heart bleed.
Narrating the following story, I am sure a lot of people will comment, “she shouldn’t be wearing such clothes then. She shouldn’t have been on the streets while wearing such clothes. She shouldn’t have been alone,…” so on and so forth. But neither a burka nor a pamper stopped a harasser.
Aakarshi Sharma from Indore Shared the Horrible Incident That Happened to her In the Roads of the City
She shared that she was harassed for wearing a skirt!
https://twitter.com/SharmaAakarshi/status/988160062278352896
And Then She Narrated the Entire Incident in the Thread
It happened on one of the busiest roads of indore, and nobody tried to stop them. They ran away, and I couldn't even see their number. I've never felt so helpless. I'm not the kind of girl who will just sit and watch. Those fiends ran away, and I couldn't do anything.
— A (@SharmaAakarshi) April 22, 2018
My friends took me to a nearby cafe and I tried my level best to let this incident go. Not because I'm weak, but for those thirty min, I wasn't ready to deal with it. I was numb. I was speechless.
— A (@SharmaAakarshi) April 22, 2018
They Will Blame it On Everything Else than on a Man Who Carried Out the Act
What I want to wear is my fucking choice. Those guys don't have any right to harass me because WEARING A SKIRT DOESN'T GIVE YOU A RIGHT TO BEHAVE LIKE THAT. An uncle who came to help me after my fall said, "it's because you're wearing a skirt!" I've never been so offended.
— A (@SharmaAakarshi) April 22, 2018
I decided to go live on my instagram and talk about it. Just imagine if I wasn't on such a busy road. Imagine I was on a lonely street. WOULD THOSE GUYS HAVE STOPPED AT TRYING TO PULL MY SKIRT?
— A (@SharmaAakarshi) April 22, 2018
A Point to Ponder
So many girls go through this. Most of them decide not to talk about it. Why? It's embarrassing, yes. But not talking about it is empowering those guys who think they can do anything and can get away with it.
— A (@SharmaAakarshi) April 22, 2018
Unfortunate Indeed
I did go back to the same location and asked around, unfortunately, no CCTV cameras coverage on that particular spot.
I'm registering a police complaint tomorrow. I don't know if they will be able to find those guys, but if I don't do it right now, it defeats my purpose.— A (@SharmaAakarshi) April 22, 2018
This doesn’t happen in India only; Pakistan is also on the list as many acts such as these happen in our nation but most of the times, women are afraid to come forward because they know that they are the ones who will be stopped and punished, not the other way around.
Kudos to Aakarshi for gathering the guts and speaking on this ordeal she had to face. It takes courage to speak regarding the sexual assault and she gathered everything she had to speak about it.
Hope the world becomes a better place for women once.
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