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Girls, behave yourselves
After reading many articles, complaints, request, etc. on a very common issue nowadays, i.e. sexual harassment of girls or we can say women, I was ready to comment on it and protest against it too. But I am not going to do that. I am aware of this ever-growing problem in our society but I would like to draw attention towards some of the major causes of this menace.
I am talking about what the girls of today are up to and how they are involved in this menace together with the men of our society whom we are always complaining of. Not only are the boys and men to blame here but from what I have been witnessing nowadays in universities, colleges and public places, etc. I have reached the conclusion that girls are the main cause for this growing menace.
Of course, I am not putting the blame on the entire female population here but I see many female students more blameworthy then the boys.
Just the other day I had three first year students sitting beside me in my van and I was shocked at what they were doing to amuse themselves all the way. One of them would alert the others when they saw a guy approaching in a vehicle or on foot and all three would somehow manage to stick their heads out of the window of the moving van and hoot loudly or whistle or even wink at the poor (or sometimes very responsive) guy. As I tried to stop them from this I was told to mind my own business. Nice ‘eh?
Then one day in a trendy restaurant I overheard some girls taking bets on who would go and ask this and that guy for his number and name, etc. Now these girls all young and in their mid teens did not once think of the consequences they and their parents would have to face if something bad happened. And if some guy had done the same thing they would have insulted him and called him names. Many of my friends and classmates complain that they get many wrong calls and altoo faltoo log sms them and surprisingly enough some of them later confess that they had dialled those wrong and random numbers in the first place just for fun. Now that they had to face all the trouble and penalty they were acting all panicky but interestingly innocent.
Some of my friends complain and act all angry and annoyed at why boys have this habit of staring at you no matter wherever you are and whatever you are doing. However, the very same girls do not think twice before they dress themselves before going out and little do they know that they are providing everyone an ample chance to stare and admire them. Of course, it is your own choice whatever you wear and how you like to carry yourself as boys can dress as they like without any limitations or restrictions but then we do not hear them complaining or getting uncomfortable as they move around. And secondly I have seen girls also staring boldly at boys or ‘checking them out’ as it is called nowadays. A few weeks ago I read a story in this very magazine of a similar incident in which a couple of girls were making it difficult for a poor boy to have a simple lunch with his mother and therefore they were humiliated later on.
By giving these examples I want to show everyone the other side of the picture too. Girls should refrain from this habit and learn to behave themselves. By giving the lame excuse that all this is done for fun and enjoyment is not the solution to end all this and the society is seeing unthinkable crimes and many issues are arising because of these small and so called innocent everyday pranks. Having fun isn’t forbidden but we should learn to stay within our limits in order to maintain peace and ward off evils in our society. We can act as the troublemakers or the peacemakers, which is entirely up to us.
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