Comments on: The Shame of the Indian Male http://arthedains.com/indiaunplugged/2008/01/20/the-shame-of-the-indian-male/ ::alternate views on news:: Sat, 22 Nov 2008 11:44:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: bb http://arthedains.com/indiaunplugged/2008/01/20/the-shame-of-the-indian-male/#comment-2625 bb Tue, 21 Oct 2008 14:17:34 +0000 http://arthedains.com/indiaunplugged/2008/01/20/the-shame-of-the-indian-male/#comment-2625 Indian males are truly a bunch of repressed, cruel, repulsive schmucks. While I could have prefaced the comment with a lot of nuanced thought and apologies for breaking the bounds of political and civil correctness, my statement rings true plain and simple. There are some days I just refuse to leave the house so I don't have to deal with them, or drive amidst them. The abuse transcends wardrobes as we all know because I can wear a loose, long sleeved t-shirt and jeans and get harassed, while a fat woman in a sari with her stomach and bra-less breasts hanging out in full view will be totally ignored. South India is comparatively less painless when it comes to daily sexual harassment, humiliation and completely lack of privacy as a citizen but this doesn't mean that the scores of leching pricks on the streets of chennai, bangalore or trivandrum are absolved of blame. I don't know what it is about the upbringing of the indian male, something translates cross-culturally to ensure that whether raised in India or abroad, indian men are vile manifestations of paternalism and sexism. No wonder they're always de-sexualized in world media. Indian males are truly a bunch of repressed, cruel, repulsive schmucks. While I could have prefaced the comment with a lot of nuanced thought and apologies for breaking the bounds of political and civil correctness, my statement rings true plain and simple. There are some days I just refuse to leave the house so I don’t have to deal with them, or drive amidst them. The abuse transcends wardrobes as we all know because I can wear a loose, long sleeved t-shirt and jeans and get harassed, while a fat woman in a sari with her stomach and bra-less breasts hanging out in full view will be totally ignored.

South India is comparatively less painless when it comes to daily sexual harassment, humiliation and completely lack of privacy as a citizen but this doesn’t mean that the scores of leching pricks on the streets of chennai, bangalore or trivandrum are absolved of blame. I don’t know what it is about the upbringing of the indian male, something translates cross-culturally to ensure that whether raised in India or abroad, indian men are vile manifestations of paternalism and sexism. No wonder they’re always de-sexualized in world media.

]]> By: Arasu Balraj http://arthedains.com/indiaunplugged/2008/01/20/the-shame-of-the-indian-male/#comment-2008 Arasu Balraj Thu, 24 Jan 2008 05:24:27 +0000 http://arthedains.com/indiaunplugged/2008/01/20/the-shame-of-the-indian-male/#comment-2008 spellbound to hear this news and to read anniezaidi's elegy. felt the resolve getting rigid inside. //But this fight you’ve fought, I’ll fight to the death// spellbound to hear this news and to read anniezaidi’s elegy. felt the resolve getting rigid inside.

//But this fight you’ve fought, I’ll fight to the death//

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