Thank you so much. I want to print this and give it to my brother. We're quite close, but it hurts and makes me apprehensive every time he says, 'Oh god, I got raped today in class', or swears on mothers and sisters. The feeling of alienation from, and fear of my brother is something I can't tolerate.
Should it not be directed to both men and women? Women also abuse. and use the same Mc Bc. This is a fact. Instead of pointing all blame on men for everything wrong in this world it will be wise to take collective responsibility and work together to remove all the things majority of men and women despise. Sexual harassment being one of them.
hi mandeep. not denying that women also use gaalis . its not a male vs female thing here. societal attitudes instead. but hey its rakhi. and here's what we wanted to put forward!
some jokes are constructed as a 'guy thing'. men wouldnt find it 'appropriate' to discuss in front of their sisters . here's one seemingly 'harmless' way in which our brothers could have perpetuated a culture of violence....even without knowing it.
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Blank - that which is not allowed meaning, form or articulation. Noise - that which heightens, builds itself.
'Eve Teasing' in India is considered a joke or prank. Blank Noise is a public and participatory arts project that seeks to explore street dynamics and recognize 'eve teasing' as street sexual harassment or violence.
Blank Noise is a public and participatory arts project begun in August 2003 with a small group of 9 participants. Conceived as a personal reaction to street sexual harassment, the project has grown through workshops and local volunteers to a five-city, hundred-plus volunteer project that seeks to address street sexual violence through dialogue made possible as a result of sustained public interventions.
Thank you so much. I want to print this and give it to my brother. We're quite close, but it hurts and makes me apprehensive every time he says, 'Oh god, I got raped today in class', or swears on mothers and sisters. The feeling of alienation from, and fear of my brother is something I can't tolerate.
ReplyDeleteThank you for this, BN.
so glad to hear this bhavini. and now am going to go tie rakhi to my brother. in all action hero spirit.
ReplyDeleteShould it not be directed to both men and women?
ReplyDeleteWomen also abuse. and use the same Mc Bc. This is a fact.
Instead of pointing all blame on men for everything wrong in this world it will be wise to take collective responsibility and work together to remove all the things majority of men and women despise. Sexual harassment being one of them.
hi mandeep. not denying that women also use gaalis . its not a male vs female thing here. societal attitudes instead. but hey its rakhi. and here's what we wanted to put forward!
ReplyDeletesome jokes are constructed as a 'guy thing'. men wouldnt find it 'appropriate' to discuss in front of their sisters . here's one seemingly 'harmless' way in which our brothers could have perpetuated a culture of violence....even without knowing it.
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