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T<\/span>he predator surveys the outback of Mumbai\u2019s Khar Road railway station. His prey seem ripe for the picking today. The only question is, which one? There\u2019s a buffet here.\n\nThere\u2019s that Giraffe in the sari; the flashes of her stomach are enough to make any bhai go, \u201cAye hai.\u201d Then there\u2019s the Doe with the earphones, her lips moving almost imperceptibly along with the song as she waits for the train\u2026 irresistible. And there, in the distance, that Wee Little Chicken in her school uniform, on her way to tuition. The predator knows that if he waits a little longer, the number of prey will multiply with the arrival of the Borivali Slow. God is kind indeed.\n\nBut why wait when nature has been so bountiful already?\n\nThe predator moves in for, well, not the kill, but his morning \u201ctimepass\u201d nonetheless. A quick hiss at the Giraffe, an innocuous brush against the Doe, and the sexiest pout he can muster at the Chicken, before moving on to his next target, the vada pao that has been eyeing him lasciviously from across the platform. He knows that his actions have no serious consequences \u2013 the Giraffe lowers her gaze and quickens her pace, the Doe gives out a loud \u201ctsk\u201d and goes back to humming, the Wee Little Chicken pretends not to see but tugs her skirt down further down her legs.\n\nAfter a quick snack during which his eyes are glued to his mobile phone screen where Varun Dhawan forcibly kisses Taapsee Pannu, our predator strolls back onto the overbridge, singing <\/p>Main Tera Hero <\/i>to any woman who passes by.\n\nHe\u2019s met with dirty looks at best, and mild chiding at worst. What! Singing is a crime now? God, women just think they own public places! OH MY GOD, HE\u2019S JUST SPOTTED A BRA STRAP PEEPING OUT THROUGH A SLEEVELESS TOP. NOTHING ELSE MATTERS. HE HAS TO GO TOUCH IT NOW.\n\n

Wee Little Chicken makes the mistake of going home and telling her parents how she\u2019s often whistled at while she\u2019s waiting on the platform. Her father starts yelling at her about the length of her uniform.<\/blockquote>\n\nTwo minutes later, he\u2019s dragged by the ear to the railway police. While the policeman on duty gives him a whack across the face as he begs for mercy over this \u201csimple misunderstanding\u201d, the police woman pulls aside the Revealer of the Bra Strap to one side gently and advises her not to wear \u201csuch clothes\u201d at railway stations. \u201cI mean, really, we\u2019ll take care of this right now, but what did you think would happen? You see, these kind of men come from villages, they are not used to seeing women dressed like this. You can prevent this from happening to you!\u201d\n\nBut no, \u201cthese kind of men\u201d do not emerge from villages. And they do not prowl the railway stations alone. You can run into them at a plush pub<\/a> in Pune or a subway<\/a> in New York. It could be your friendly neighbourhood uncle<\/a> or a media mogul<\/a>. Harvey Weinstein and his brand of predators<\/a> are everywhere and every woman has encountered them. Every woman has probably been implicated by their harasser<\/a> in their acts, has had self-doubt, and felt guilty.\n\nThe Revealer of the Bra Strap is no different. Suitably admonished for bringing this upon herself, the Revealer waits for the next train. She\u2019s going to be late to office, her boss is going to yell at her, her day is screwed, and the lout is going to walk free in 3\u2026 2\u2026 1… Maybe the next time this happens (and it most certainly will), she\u2019d be better off ignoring him instead of getting outraged. And yes, she is definitely going to start carrying a scarf in her bag from tomorrow.\n\nWee Little Chicken makes the mistake of going home and telling her parents how she\u2019s often whistled at while she\u2019s waiting on the platform. Her father starts yelling at her about the length of her uniform. She\u2019s the one at fault, he says, because men will be men, right? It\u2019s the testosterone that is behind it all; they can\u2019t help when they\u2019ve been \u201cled\u201d this far.\n\nDoe keeps her earphones plugged in all day. Once, when a similar incident had happened, she had confided in a professor. Her professor had asked her what she\u2019d done \u2013 if she\u2019d responded by yelling at the guy or complaining to the police. When she said no, he said that the harasser would have gone and done it to another woman because of her lack of a reaction. The harassment of that other woman would be on her, how did that make her feel? Like shit, that\u2019s how. How would he know that this happens to her too many times to count? If she complained about each one, she would have no time to do anything else and no peace of mind. The professor pats outraged Doe on the back, magnanimously forgives her for taking out her anger on him, and tells her to use it on the next guy who \u201cdisrespects\u201d her instead \u2013 you know, those \u201cpoor, immigrant kind who hang around street corners and leer at women\u201d.\n\nAfter a long day at work, the sari-wearing Giraffe is catching a drink with some of her buddies. She mentions how men stare at her and brush against her nearly every day, how she has often contorted her body to avoid it, and how it still<\/i> manages to bother her after so many years. One of her colleagues (male, of course) ribs her, \u201cCome on, don\u2019t give all men a bad name. It\u2019s not like I go around doing that. You should clarify that SOME men do it the next time you tell these stories. Anyway, you should take it as a compliment \u2013 he thinks you\u2019re hot even though you\u2019re in your thirties.\u201d\n\nHer boyfriend gives the colleague a look as if to say, \u201cWomen, right? So much drama!\u201d before turning to his lady love and saying, \u201cI understand it\u2019s irritating babe. If I\u2019d been there, I\u2019d never have let the bastard go\u2026 but he didn\u2019t DO anything to you right?\u201d\n\nNope, he didn\u2019t. Nothing serious, except turning the women into pieces of meat, into prey that will be hunted into submission. On a good day, we\u2019ve all been either the Giraffe, or the Doe, or the Wee Little Chicken. On a bad day, we\u2019ve been all three — unfairly burdened with the labour of not just protecting ourselves, but also of apologising for it.\n\nBut what will it really take for the world to cease being a hunting ground? The day the predator stops himself before reaching for the bra strap.\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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