March against abuse

I felt obliged to add this here - Slutwalk - read more.

I am not sure if this happened in Mumbai, I would be brave enough to participate. Given we are taught to be cowed by unwarranted male attention, keep off the male eye, ignore if pawed. Why draw attention to yourself? Why prolong the pain? Even after years of walking on the streets and abused verbally sometimes physically, we brave on. Silent.

I doubt this will ever change. But one can hope.

As one placard at a protest in England said, “Stop telling me: don’t get raped. Tell men: don’t rape”