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Eve-Teasing

Ok girls, let’s face it...At some point of time in our lives we’ve all experienced this…Walking on streets or boarding a public transport, those glares and glances and even comments for that matter are unavoidable….and no matter how strong we may try to act, give a stern look to the person or even answer back, trying to assert that we are unperturbed..But the real fact is that such instances actually petrify us and the very thought of venturing out of our house into the   "big bad world"  forces us to step back and think...Are we prepared for such situations?? Eve –teasing is basically a euphemism used in India and some of the countries of the Indian subcontinent for public harassment or molestation of women by men with the use of the word   “Eve”   referring to the biblical Eve…but over the years it has taken several forms and now includes any act which offends women publicly, even if it is a   'stare'…Unlike Hindi movies where a bunch of g...