at the movies

I was at a movie last week.

There was one scene where one of the characters, this really dorky looking guy with a hat, walks into a restaurant and asks the crowd in general "Have any of you read books that have then influenced your lives?"

One man in the crowd raises his hand and says "I read Lolita and ever since then I have been molesting teenage girls."

Everyone in the theatre burst into laughter.

There was a row of five young women sitting together.

There was no laughter from that row.

Silence.

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I am going to call him Mr.X.

He lives in my nieghbourhood with his wife. This couple had 2 or 3 children - i seem to forget the number. All their children were male.

Mr.X and his wife prefer to hire domestic help to do cooking/cleaning/washing etc.

Every time a maid is hired in their house, Mr.X rapes her. She then leaves. A new maid is hired. Mr.X rapes her. The cycle repeats itself.

When Mr.X's sons were old enough to get married, their mother insisted that they set up independent homes with their wives. None of Mr.X's children stay with him any longer.

His wife knew about his habit. Who knows, may be she has even beeen raped by him herself.

By insisting that her sons set up independent homes with their wives, Mr.X's wife has ensured that her daughters-in-law remain safe.

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There are so many stories about hostile relationships between mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law. This is a true story that challenges the stereotype and this is why I thought I would share it with you.

just our regular twenty-first century ad

A man's world.

But a woman's home.

(Found on a print campaign for Godrej cupoards, beds, and electrical home appliances)

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I fixed the problem with the link in my previous post. so if you couldn't access it previously, try again now - it works :)

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I remeber that a while ago i wrote a post on street sexual harrasment and this one person called libran lover simply kept missing my point!

His point: when men sexually harrass women they are simply expressing a basic "natural" sexual urge.

My point: sexual harrasment of women is a LEARNT behaviour which is possible in a gender unequal environment that teaches men that they are stronger/more powerful than women thus giving them the "right" to sexually harrass women.

My argument may not have been all that coherent. But recently I came across this post and the writer has some very well articulated, clearly expressed observations on sexual harrasment. Go read: saucebox.almeidaisgod.com/?p=85