Eve Teasing
What is Eve Teasing?
A picture is more powerful than a thousand words. The pictures presented here can give a pretty good idea on what eve-teasing is all about.
However, it seams words are getting stronger these days. Words mentioned in the following pictures are according to a website are used in eve-teasing.
Source: http://blog.blanknoise.org/2007/08/blog-post.html
Eve teasing is a euphemism used in India and sometimes Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nepal for public sexual harassment, street harassment or molestation of women by men, with Eve being a reference to the biblical Eve.
It is a form of sexual aggression………….
……………. many feminist writers term it as "little rapes",[10] and usually occur in public places, streets, and public transport.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eve_teasing
What falls within “Eve-Teasing?”
The term eve-teasing is used in Bangladesh to describe harassment of girls and women by boys and men. Such harassment can take the form of making sexually suggestive comments or gestures, ogling, groping, or forced touching of the body or clothes of a girl or woman.
Source: The Formulation of Sexual and Health-related Behaviour Among Young Men in Bangladesh Summary Report.
Though eve-teasing is commonly used and popularly understood a term in Bangladesh, it remains outside the explicit legal definition.
Is eve-teasing a criminal offence in Bangladesh?
The High Court had given its verdict that any kind of physical, mental or sexual harassment—note, not `eve teasing’—of women, girls and children was a criminal offence. It was punishable by fine and/or imprisonment.
Source: http://www.shahidulnews.com/2010/11/eve-teasing-of-semantic-shifts-and-criminal-cover-ups/
Why the words “EVE” & “TEASING?” Eve is believed to be the first woman created by the Almighty and all women are the descendants of her and thus generically could be called Eve. So, teasing a woman is called 'eve teasing'. The other explanation is
A picture is more powerful than a thousand words. The pictures presented here can give a pretty good idea on what eve-teasing is all about.
However, it seams words are getting stronger these days. Words mentioned in the following pictures are according to a website are used in eve-teasing.
Source: http://blog.blanknoise.org/2007/08/blog-post.html
Eve teasing is a euphemism used in India and sometimes Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nepal for public sexual harassment, street harassment or molestation of women by men, with Eve being a reference to the biblical Eve.
It is a form of sexual aggression………….
……………. many feminist writers term it as "little rapes",[10] and usually occur in public places, streets, and public transport.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eve_teasing
What falls within “Eve-Teasing?”
The term eve-teasing is used in Bangladesh to describe harassment of girls and women by boys and men. Such harassment can take the form of making sexually suggestive comments or gestures, ogling, groping, or forced touching of the body or clothes of a girl or woman.
Source: The Formulation of Sexual and Health-related Behaviour Among Young Men in Bangladesh Summary Report.
Though eve-teasing is commonly used and popularly understood a term in Bangladesh, it remains outside the explicit legal definition.
Is eve-teasing a criminal offence in Bangladesh?
The High Court had given its verdict that any kind of physical, mental or sexual harassment—note, not `eve teasing’—of women, girls and children was a criminal offence. It was punishable by fine and/or imprisonment.
Source: http://www.shahidulnews.com/2010/11/eve-teasing-of-semantic-shifts-and-criminal-cover-ups/
Why the words “EVE” & “TEASING?” Eve is believed to be the first woman created by the Almighty and all women are the descendants of her and thus generically could be called Eve. So, teasing a woman is called 'eve teasing'. The other explanation is