A QUESTION OF SOBERITY

Out of 15 letters published on page 2 of The Times of India on 24th Nov, I specifically counted six of them which advised sobriety of dressing to women in order to prevent heinous crime like rape. And these were the only six letters which said so, and all of them had been written by male authors highly concerned about women. Ironic!
Somebody needs to remind them that the girl raped in MAMC in Delhi was not a scantily clad sex symbol. She was a normal college going girl, who would have been dressed in a decent salwar kameez or pair of jeans. Unfortunately it is not the attire of the raped, but the attitude of the rapist that matters. Majority of women who are victims of rape, molestation and even eve teasing are not heavy pursed powerful women. They are the normal girls next door. Somebody who can afford a personal car would never face the problems a girl has to face while travelling to her place of study or work in the local bus or train. And how can such a girl ever afford designer revolting dresses. Victims are not the privileged, they are the under privileged. They are the ones who don’t have a choice but to live in the unsafe circumstances.
Men in this country will go to any length to blame it all on the woman. They say women cross their limits, but do men ever have one? Who gave them the right to embarrass a woman for being a woman?
My dear countrymen, don’t blame it on a woman. It is you who has to see straight. Every girl violated is somebody’s daughter, sister, wife or friend. Cleanse your mind, sober your thoughts. Or tomorrow that somebody could be you.