The most intimate act between two individuals is the coming together as one. it is called making love for a reason. In today's world where values have changed and not many people wait for the right person till marriage. But at the end of the day these are choices made by individuals. You cannot blame a person for wanting something and then life's path changing somewhere down the line. As long as both the individuals involved have a mutual understanding and are fully aware of what they are getting into. If so then it results in two people being closer than one can imagine. Can lead to the creation of a new life. Sex is a result of feelings ,love and passion at the end of the day. Isn't it??
What happens when that choice is taken away from you? When you don't have a say about who touches your body. Your body is the single most precious thing you have that no one can claim rights on. Then why is it that everyday around the world women are subjected to sexual abuse and tormented just because some guy could not keep it in his pants. This is not about feminism or about telling the world that women are as smart as men. This is about asking for our basic rights, the right to our own decisions. When a lady gives her body to a man she does it with love and respect. With expectations that he will never hurt her. But when a girl is walking down the street or sitting in a bus and his hounded upon by beasts what can she do? She screams, she fights and sometimes in the worst cases she is silenced. One of the most vulgar, cheap and indecent acts of crime is rape. What does a man think when he forces himself upon a woman? does he feel more powerful? does he enjoy taking away her dignity and hurting her? Even asking these questions makes one shiver and you think how low would a person have to stoop to think like this. But not one, not two hundreds of men over the years have given into lust and greed. Women from ages of 8 to 80 are not safe in today's world and we need to educate our girls from a very young age about what touch is right and whats wrong. Offenders are not only random men on streets but sometimes present in our live and our families. Relationship abuse has gone so high that some women fear to trust a man anymore. The judicious systems attempts to catch such men and put them behind bar. The average sentence for sexual abuse is 3 years...Honestly i don't think that's enough. In murder you take away someones life but in such cases you make the victim live the rest of their lives with the memory of this horrific incident. So why is the penalty not the same.
A while back in Toronto a police inspector said that "Women who dress like sluts are asking for it". Excuse me, if we want it we know how to get it. We understand what flirting, what falling in love is and what the implications of our actions are. No woman no matter how she dresses or behaves deserves such torture. To take action against such thoughts in people a 'SlutWalk' was organised. People have revolted against the name saying it undermines women but tell me one thing, if this was call the "All Women March" would the cause change even one bit? This walk basically meant that ordinary women came down to streets to peacefully march against all sexual assaulter. Several men also joined this rally and one of the many slogans that i really liked was that "Really men know how to take a NO for an answer". This walk has now to come to New Delhi in India and a few days ago when i was going through twitter i was shocked at what certain men had to say. In today's modern generation where India is booming men say that this walk is against our culture and that Indian women just want to follow the west. Is out country free from rape? No it isn't, women who are clad from head to know are getting abused in villages. This protest solely wishes to educate the public against such crimes. To show the victims that they need not blame themselves. We fight against diseases,we fight on the basis of religion, we fight against corruption so maybe its high time we start fighting for ourselves. The walk further will also be conducted in Australia which shows that today's woman knows how to voice her opinion.She can fight with another woman but if you as a male even choose to torture of us you will power like you have never imagines. I am a girl and I know that we are still far away from escaping the notion of a male dominated world but for now all i am asking is let us at least fight for our basic rights.
She can be your mother, your sister, your friend, your love or just the girl sitting next to you on the train. She has a brain and heart and shes a creation of God. So learn how to treat her with respect.
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