Catcalling & Harassment

Catcalling a lady is a common thing nowadays. Growing up I do feel it's something only the louts and uncultured men do but seeing it among students who are educated is something I find irritating and hard to understand.

The world is a place where the ladies are given different clauses and conditions. You see things like "Do not wear this and that... Do not go out around this time" plastered on walls all around campus. One will wonder why the ladies are given so many warnings about impending danger if they do one thing or the other. The question will be -" What is the danger?", the answer is the "Male Gender"

"All men are not the same" is the usual catchphrase and I agree with it but we aren't doing things to spare ourselves from being called names or being feared like some wild animals.

Today we had a total blackout in the school and most of the students in the male hostel went out because of the heat. Suddenly we started hearing a loud noise and we took it as the boys having fun outside, by to my surprise while we went out to get dinner I realised the excitement was from catcalling Ladies, the ladies were swamped and absurd comments about their body was made. It got to the stage that the Ladies started turning back to take a longer route.

To the guys, they are having fun but in actuality, they are acting like an uncultured beings as we're constantly tagged. They moved on to the front of the female hostel to continue their display, it went on for hours until 11 pm when the security men came to send them away.

We shouldn’t be experiencing things like this in the present day, especially among the educated folks, being a man shouldn’t make one try to make the other gender intimidated. They aren’t less human, we might be stronger than them but instead of bullying them with this strength, we should protect them. It's normal for guys to have fun by banting each other loudly, joking and teasing each other, but the fun is being derived at the expense or detriment of others is something disgraceful...

Gender harassment has been a problem since the beginning of time. Women have always been targeted by men and made to feel uncomfortable in their own skin. Even in this day and age, it seems like nothing has changed. This is because most people do not see the severity of it and do not bother to report it. The few that do, face more challenges in the court of law. This is because of bias and the fact that most people do not think that harassment is a very serious issue.

The perpetrators of this crime are usually people in positions of power or those who think they are entitled to certain privileges just because they are men.

The root of the problem is the way that boys are taught to view girls from a young age. If boys are taught to see girls as equals and to respect them.

One possible way to put a stop to gender harassment is to start teaching boys at home how to respect and love women. They need to be shown that women are equal to them, not lesser human beings. This will help create a generation of men who don't see women as objects or conquests but as equals. We need to make the world a more just and equal place for everyone, and that starts with our children.

It's not going to be easy, but it's definitely worth trying. Together, we can make a difference...

This needs to stop. We need to create a world where everyone is treated with respect and dignity, regardless of their gender

I hope someday we will change, we will stop making the other gender uncomfortable with our presence or acts.