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  Eve teasing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Eve teasing is a euphemism used in India and Pakistan for sexual harassment or molestation of women by men.
Some guidebooks to the region warn female tourists that eve teasing may be avoided by wearing conservative clothing, though eve teasing is reported both by Indian women and by conservatively-dressed foreign women.
Conventionally, and traditionally, Eve is known as a temptress - that is, as a teaser superlative.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Eve_teasing   (757 words)

  
 Chapter one   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Eve teasing is a deplorable act that injects shame, fear, disgust and helplessness in the victim.
Eve teasing is a common incident, be it in buses, shopping arcades, cinema halls, shopping malls, pubs, restaurants, auto/bus-terminals, railway booking counters and every other conceivable place; but the one place where it happens with alarming frequency is on the road.
The eve teasers say lewd things and swerve in front of them and if they try to speed away from these miscreants, the eve teasers seek thrill in ripping behind them in a hazardous manner, proving that their speed is not skill based.
www.banwasi.com /eveteasing.htm   (4054 words)

  
 Althouse: "Eve-teasing."
Ann: We are so used to seeing the phrase "Eve Teasing" associated with sexual harassment in India, that I never realized how odd it does sound.
eve teasing also suggests that you are eve- the temptress...that you have provoked the perpetrator to make a sexual advance towards you.
eve teasing, it is perceived as trivial, everyday and normal.
althouse.blogspot.com /2005/07/eve-teasing.html   (896 words)

  
 Eve teasing   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Eve teasing is a euphemism used in India for sexual harassment or molestation of women by men.
Considered a growing problem throughout the subcontinent, eve teasing ranges in severity from sexually coloured remarks to outright groping.
The death of a female student (Sarika Shah) in Chennai in 1998, caused due to Eve teasing, brought some tough laws to counter this menace, in South India.
www.casimiro.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/e/ev/eve_teasing.html   (314 words)

  
 CIOL : News : Sexual Harassment: Blogger Campaign
Eve teasing is an issue that has not been recognized as one, because it connotes a joke or a prank but most often has a severe invisible impact on women, who are the more common victims.
Eve teasing is a societal issue, has its roots in patriarchy, and reflects in films and in our popular culture.
Eve teasing, therefore, despite its rather misleading nomenclature, is not an all-girl issue but a societal one.
www.ciol.com /content/news/2006/106050205.asp   (1918 words)

  
 India--Eve Teasing: A Growing Menace - Sexual Harassment Support Forum
Eve teasing is something that she has to contend with everyday.
Studies show that 32 per cent of the eve teasers are students, 35 per cent are anti socials while the remaining 33 per cent are middle-aged men.
However, according to some psychologists the root cause of eve teasing is the patriarchal mindset of the Indian male.
shsf.invisionzone.com /index.php?showtopic=274   (726 words)

  
 Bharatwaves - Articles - Eve- teasingÂ… a bane of Indian Women- Indian Articles/Blogs Writers/Authors   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Eve teasing is something that a woman has to contend with everyday.
Eve teasing is closely related to the patriarchal mindset of Indian male.
Eve teasing may sound obscene and harmless in its behavior but this act has sometimes resulted in rape and even death of victims.
www.bharatwaves.com /portal/modules/zmagazine/article.php?page=1&articleid=9   (690 words)

  
 Should eve teasing go unpunished?
In fact, within the patriarchal social fabric, eve teasing is a weapon to weaken, hurt or force women to consign to domestic affairs.
There is increasing realisation that eve teasing severely restricts the mobility of women and girls, which is unquestionably a threat to women's empowerment.
Incidents of eve teasing are increasingly ending in fatal consequences, which are evident from the shocking stories of Tithi of Savar, Simi Banu of Narayanganj, Trisa of Gaibandha and many others that we do not even know.
nation.ittefaq.com /artman/publish/article_31208.shtml   (1176 words)

  
 << Eve Teasing>>
One either sympathises with the person in question and spews venomous rhetoric at the perpetrators from a safe distance or agrees with Dr. Johnson's curmudgeonly views on the subject and sanctimoniously assumes that the victim asked to be teased.
For, it is apparent even to the obtuse observer, that women are no longer teased; they are hit, pushed, slapped and pummelled.
Also, sexual gratification does not seem to be the present day predator's raison d'etre even though the frotteur is still very much alive as most middle-class women who have been subject to the unwelcome body contact of strangers in congested buses and other public places will readily testify.
www.countercurrents.org /eveteasing.htm   (831 words)

  
 "eve teasing a shame"
Being a dharwadi i feel very shamed when i hear eve teasing in dwd, i feel it might be by mistake that some one teased u.
Eve teasing is not a new thing, and it is not only in Dharwad, it is every where.
The eve teasing is prevalent in all most all parts of the world.
www.dharwad.com /dcforum/dharwad/293.html   (974 words)

  
 Views on Article - Eve Teasing
evn i think eve teasin is a crime.my gal fren also suffed frm this evtisin so i advise all gals betr hav boy frns wit whom u can say ny thin.
I would say that eve teasing occurs mostly to girls/woman who dress up indecently in public.
Hi I am from New Zealand, I for one have never lived in India so have seen eve teasing in movies only like pyar kiya to darna kya etc, but do these things normally happen in India in everyday life.
www.indiaparenting.com /raisingchild/data/raisingchild203book.shtml   (1220 words)

  
 BLANK NOISE PROJECT: rape harassment eve-teasing murder news flash news flash rape harassment eve-teasing murder in a ...
Eve Teasing, as the name suggests,is considered a joke, a prank.Eve Teasing is street sexual harassment.
Blank Noise seeks to recognize eve teasing as street sexual harassment and establish it as an issue.
Eve teasing may be normal, but is it acceptable?
blanknoiseproject.blogspot.com /2006/04/rape-harassment-eve-teasing-murder.html   (989 words)

  
 Eve teasing on mobile phones
Eve teasing by the youths in particular on mobile phones has increased in recent times.
They often send abhorrent messages; give deadline of remaining present at a particular spot or to face dire consequences if the females concerned do not attend.
Don't they know that eve teasing is a gross crime in the eye of all religions and civilisation?
nation.ittefaq.com /artman/publish/printer_29634.shtml   (312 words)

  
 Re: [nukkad] Eve Teasing
All said and done, eve teasing is a major problem even in metros like Delhi and Calc, while it is a part of life in states like Bihar.
I was arguing that she is most likely to avoid eve teasing if she doesnt wear provocative dress, and she was against.
Non Indian Nukkies, eve teasing, as a practice, though common in different countries, I feel the factors that effect it are different.
www.mumbai-central.com /nukkad/oct2004/msg00236.html   (265 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Eve teasing makes a male family member’s escort with females a requirement when the latter are going out.
My wife goes out (walks/bikes/drives) freely and there is no eve teasing.
Eve teasing has adverse consequences in our society; one of them is described above.
www.sify.com /connect/discussions/viewpostsflat.php?f=13446346&parentid=0&pid=5452   (287 words)

  
 INDOlink - Short Stories - Inspector Devaki - The Eve Teasers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The cell where she had locked up those five eve teasers is empty.
She thought of the young college girl who died because of Eve teasing in Madras and then there was that other girl in Nagercoil, she had committed suicide, when her mother was too afraid to report the teasing to the police.
The truck driver who found them untied them and took them to the nearest Police Station, where the boys said they were kidnapped by some masked men and were taken to some secret place, beaten up badly and were taken back to the place were they were found.
www.indolink.com /Stories/Publish/s218.html   (2367 words)

  
 Desicritics.org: Eve Teasing: A Three-Pronged Approach to Slaying the Monster
Eve Teasing: A Three-Pronged Approach to Slaying the Monster
A three pronged attack is therefore a viable solution, with women believing in the "shakti" they embody, the Police living up to their primary role of benfactors and the common man essaying the role of concerned and responsible citizen.
If all of this happens as envisaged, then the days of "adam teasing" are nearing.
desicritics.org /2006/03/07/052439.php   (1386 words)

  
 No.9. Eve Teasing (New Legislation)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The proposal referred to the Commission in 1992 contained the Delhi Eve Teasing Bill of 1984 (which has been passed by the Delhi Metropolitan Council for adoption by Parliament.
The lapsed Bill of 1988 was better drafted than the Delhi Prohibition of Eve Teasing Bill of 1984.
Some of the voluntary organizations suggested that the expression 'Eve Teasing' should be replaced by a more appropriate expression suitable for the Indian context.
ncw.nic.in /page9.htm   (254 words)

  
 iafrica.com | loveandsex | features India: women suffer 'Eve teasing'
On Sundays, Neuhaus spends her time trying to recruit more expatriates, who have borne the brunt of Eve teasing, and participating in demonstrations held by Blank Noise.
Jasmeen Patheja, the 26-year-old founder of Blank Noise, says she started the outfit in the high-tech city to encourage a public debate on eve teasing.
Volunteers for Blank Noise, which has offices in all major Indian cities, distribute pamphlets and literature on eve teasing and also hold workshops on the topic to boost public awareness.
www.iafrica.com /loveandsex/features/697059.htm   (732 words)

  
 Chennai's eve teasing track record : Chennai chutney, metropolis, Madras Day, eve teasing : IBNLive.com : CNN-IBN
His college knows he's a sick man," a victim of eve teasing, Praveena said.
chennai is notorious for eve teasing.i have seen...
Chennai is as bad as other cities as far as eve teasing is concerned.
www.ibnlive.com /news/chennais-eve-teasing-track-record/19245-3.html   (630 words)

  
 Eve-teasing: HC unimpressed by govt steps-Patna-Cities-NEWS-The Times of India   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
patna: the government on wednesday came out with elaborate measures to control the incidence of teasing and molestation of girls in the state before a division bench of the patna high court comprising chief justice ravi s dhavan and justice shashank kumar singh.
claiming that incidents of teasing and assault has been contained, government counsel alamdar hussain said the police hqrs is taking steps to identify spots vulnerable to eve-teasing and post policemen to catch them.
students indulging in eve teasing will also face disciplinary action.
timesofindia.indiatimes.com /articleshow.asp?art_id=3704973   (546 words)

  
 The Hindu : New Delhi News : Eve-teasing still rampant
Police officers claim that eve-teasing near colleges where the girls have been trained in self-defence has come down.
However, the same cannot be said about the teasing and unnecessary jostling which the women face every day in buses or other crowded places.
While measures like self-defence training are welcome, there is also a need to look at the role of society.
www.hindu.com /2004/09/04/stories/2004090401640300.htm   (645 words)

  
 Daily Times - Leading News Resource of Pakistan
The act of eve teasing is widely condemned and considered a nuisance by the public.
Mukarram Khan, a lawyer, said he and his family could not go out to shop because of eve teasers standing in every market where women shop, adding that sometimes, taking pride in their numbers, they would intentionally row with a male member of the family.
Mr Khan while narrating an incident said a group of eve teasers upset his family in Defence Market and when he tried to stop them, some of the youngsters quarrelled with him and fled.
www.dailytimes.com.pk /default.asp?page=story_14-11-2004_pg7_17   (376 words)

  
 Khaleej Times Online - Call for strict laws to end eve-teasing
He feels that parents should teach their children proper ways to dress and behave so that the youngsters neither provoke eve-teasers, nor indulge in eve teasing.
She also felt that the newspapers, when reporting these incidents, should keep the names of the victims, not the culprits, undisclosed, in order to encourage women to report harassment and point out the culprits.
She also suggested that a hotline be introduced for the victims to call for immediate help and assistance.
www.khaleejtimes.com /DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/theuae/2006/May/theuae_May969.xml§ion=theuae   (710 words)

  
 Kuenselonline
It has long been recognized as an aspect of Bhutanese culture that we enjoy this form of social exchange whether it is on the archery range, during annual ceremonies and festivals, or even in the outdoor work environment.
Women in Thimphu are now finding it difficult to walk the streets, even in broad daylight, because they are being teased and harassed.
In an era when eve teasing has led to robbery, rape, murder in many countries where politicians, police officers, and others have lost their jobs over the problem, it is time to take a serious look at the trend.
www.kuenselonline.com /modules.php?name=News&file=friend&op=FriendSend&sid=2820   (286 words)

  
 Faith Freedom International :: View topic - "Eve teasing" of women in India
Eve teasing is an integral part of modern indian culture.
Indians would rather give up Kashmir than eve teasing.
As far as I have seen only those young girls who appear too exposed are eve teased.
www.faithfreedom.org /forum/viewtopic.php?t=24906   (500 words)

  
 Just 38 eve-teasing cases in City - Deccan Herald - Internet Edition   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
For, as a policewoman herself admits: “Not many cases of eve teasing get registered because the victims would rather ignore it than lodge a complaint and get into legal tangles.
Moreover, an eve-teaser is let off with a fine of Rs 100, which does not serve as a deterrent to habitual eve-teasers.”Also, the attitude of the police has influenced the statistics.
Additional Commissioner of Police (Crime) Narayangowda said, “the eve teasing cases have actually dipped as compared to the late nineties.
www.deccanherald.com /deccanherald/dec222005/city20202320051221.asp   (473 words)

  
 Re: [nukkad] Eve Teasing
- John Paul II: (1920-____), the Pope ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ref: the dress a woman wears has no corelation whatsoever with the teasing she has to encounter...many a times this is used as an excuse in legal cases (no offence MCG) where the accused says that the woman was provocatively dressed and she "asked for it"..
Every individual is free to dress as he or she pleases, as long as the mode of dress is not offensive to public morality.
Also, every person has right to privacy and none has right to indulge in eve teasing even of a prostitute.
www.mumbai-central.com /nukkad/oct2004/msg00305.html   (193 words)

  
 J&K minister's son arrested for eve teasing
Jammu and Kashmir Social Welfare Minister Mula Ram's son was on Friday arrested for allegedly teasing a girl in Janipur locality in Jammu, police sources said.
Jatinder was arrested after an Std XII girl complained to the police that a man driving an official vehicle tried to force her into the vehicle with the help of another person.
Republication or redistribution of PTI content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent.
us.rediff.com /news/2004/jul/09jk1.htm   (210 words)

  
 Law & Our Rights   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Even those who will decide to take the eve teasers to court will not be able to do it after Prime Minister Khaleda Zia's government amended the Women and Children Repression Prevention Act 2000.
Until the amendment of the law in July this year, teasing of women like making obscene comments or gestures was an offence covered by it providing for up to seven years of rigorous imprisonment.
The government says eve teasing is still punishable under Dhaka Metropolitan Police Ordinance.
www.thedailystar.net /law/200309/02/fact.htm   (574 words)

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