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Phenomenal sexual violence in a street play
The blood-curdling shriek of a girl rang through the road leading to Jantar Mantar here on Sunday morning.
She was being raped- in a street play. Stunned, the audience looked on, as the other actors -- both men and women-asked them why no one steps forward as scores of women in the city are sexually assaulted every day.
The play was a part of India's first Slut Walk, also called as 'Besharmi Morcha'. Joined by hundreds of enthusiastic people, the walk drove home the point that sexual violence against women must be stopped and this was the society's collective responsibility.
Slut Walks have become a global phenomenon to protest against sexual violence after a police officer in Toronto caused outrage by stating in a speech to university students that women should avoid "dressing like sluts" to avoid being victimised.
Unlike other Slut Walks, where women dress up in skimpy clothes to challenge the mindset of people who blame a victim for being assaulted, in Delhi, the mood was more toned down.
"We did not want to unnecessarily dress up in something we are not comfortable in. In any case, no matter what a girl wears, salwar kameez or jeans, she is teased or assaulted," said Archie Sharma, a Delhi University (DU) student who participated in the walk.
"So the point we are trying to make here is that just let us be. How does it matter what I wear or how I walk or how I talk? It gives no one a right to pass nasty comments or worse, sexually assault me," she added.
A massive poster was also put up where the participants wrote their messages after their short walk from Parliament Street to Jantar Mantar. read more
She was being raped- in a street play. Stunned, the audience looked on, as the other actors -- both men and women-asked them why no one steps forward as scores of women in the city are sexually assaulted every day.
The play was a part of India's first Slut Walk, also called as 'Besharmi Morcha'. Joined by hundreds of enthusiastic people, the walk drove home the point that sexual violence against women must be stopped and this was the society's collective responsibility.
Slut Walks have become a global phenomenon to protest against sexual violence after a police officer in Toronto caused outrage by stating in a speech to university students that women should avoid "dressing like sluts" to avoid being victimised.
Unlike other Slut Walks, where women dress up in skimpy clothes to challenge the mindset of people who blame a victim for being assaulted, in Delhi, the mood was more toned down.
"We did not want to unnecessarily dress up in something we are not comfortable in. In any case, no matter what a girl wears, salwar kameez or jeans, she is teased or assaulted," said Archie Sharma, a Delhi University (DU) student who participated in the walk.
"So the point we are trying to make here is that just let us be. How does it matter what I wear or how I walk or how I talk? It gives no one a right to pass nasty comments or worse, sexually assault me," she added.
A massive poster was also put up where the participants wrote their messages after their short walk from Parliament Street to Jantar Mantar. read more
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