Essay On Eve Teasing

 Essay Eve Teasing (নারী উত্যক্তকরণ)

Introduction: Eve-teasing has now become a regular occurrence in the lives of girls and women in Bangladesh. It is a term that usually involves Youngman annoying or disquieting (অশান্তিকর) girls or women by making sexual innuendos (কু-ইঙ্গিত) against them in public or workplaces. The term Eve-teasing is found to substitute the erotic term sexual harassment. 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.

Causes of Eve-teasing:  The main reason behind the increasing number of cases of Eve-teasing is the degradation of our cultural outlook toward females. The morale and mentality of the young people have changed. Our education has no moral sin, our religious exercises become ritualistic (আচার), and society is becoming more materialistic (জড়বাদী / প্রকৃতিবাদী) and our politics is not bound by ethics.

The present condition of Eve-teasing in Bangladesh: Eve-teasing is rising in number, recklessness, and ferocity. Parents and guardians are passing days in great anxiety for the safety and well-being of the young women under their charge. Civilized life and living in the country are being challenged by the depraved and brutal behaviour of Eve-teasers. Apart from suicide, one statistic has revealed that during the January-July 2010 period only, about 13,000 women were victims of Eve-teasing of different forms across the country.  This figure counted only the reported case. Many occurrences remain unreported as the majority of the victims of eve-teasing prefer to ignore this fear or not to be disgraced or part of social gossip.

Impact of Eve-teasing: As nearly half of the population of the country are women, their participation in employment is a must for the economic development of the country. Eve-teasing hinders women from participating in the formal employment sector. Girls who are teased or harassed are also pushed into marriage before they are physically or mentally prepared. Eve-teasing also increases girls’ dropout rate from school. Parents concerned about their daughter’s honour of safety, sometimes keep their daughters home and or marry them off at early age.

Difficulties of facing this problem: More often the incident of Eve-teasing is blamed on the victim i.e. women. It is as if males have got the license to indulge in any sort of lecherous behavior and can go away with it. There have been a lot of instances when women have come out in the open to share their experiences. Different newspapers and websites keep publishing such accounts that reflect feelings of disgust, insult, and scene experienced by women.

Ways to get rid of this problem: To stop the menace tougher legislation is needed and it should be properly implemented. Recently, the government is planning to introduce a strict law against eve-teasing. This is the time to move forward. These steps will only be successful when our attitude towards women is changed. The attitude of the male must be changed if this menace is too eradicated. A general respect for the female will go a long way in building a healthy society.

Conclusion: Eve-teasing is increasing at a very alarming rate in our country. We need to take the necessary steps to prevent eve-teasing from the root. We need to focus on the prevention of eve-teasing from the family. If people are more aware of it and if we can make the people believe that eve-teasing is a social crime, this rate will go down.