PaRCha - JNU - AISA material - 2012 ID-29213
.
We seek But my point is that patriarchal attitudes are not just on.
.
Not worship - but equality and dignity display when the policemen are caught displaying biases.
towards rape victims in a sting operation. These patriarchal.
Not a pedestal - but a platform where attitudes are on display even when the police are in full public.
you and I can struggle for a world free view, `protecting' women. Take the instance of a recent Delhi.
of relations of power and domination Police ad campaign against violence on women, that has.
.
Strengthen the Struggle for a campus free of sexual a popular actor/director saying, "Make Delhi safer for women..
.
harassment and gender discrimination Are you man enough to join me? Don't sit back and allow.
.
Resist not only sexual harassment and violence, but also violence against women. Fight it. Report it.".
.
patriarchal common sense that justifies such violence Another ad that the Delhi Police has been using for several.
Demand sufficient funds, staff, infrastructure for GSCASH years (can be viewed at www.delhipolice.nic.in/home/.
.
Ensure autonomy, confidentiality and unbiasedness of GSCASH a d v e r t i s e m e n t / W o m e n % 2 0 S a f e t y /.
.
Vote Support Elect Shweta Raj Women%20Safetynew.htm) uses a photograph of a woman.
at a bus stop being harassed by some men, while a man.
.
As Student Representative to GSCASH and a woman look on passively. The ad copy says, "There.
are no men in this picture...Or this would not happen...Surely.
.
If you've come to help me, you are wasting your time. you can't let a woman be teased in front of you? You are a.
.
But if you've come because your liberation is bound up real man. You know how humiliating and embarrassing it is.
.
with mine, then let us work together. - Lilla Watson for her. So protect her. And help her. Escort her away from.
.
How Should We Struggle Against Sexual the scene. ...Save her from shame and hurt...Protect women.
from eve teasers.".
.
Harassment? What Should `Gender- There is no contradiction between the ideology of.
.
Sensitisation' Mean? How to Revitalise patriarchal protection in the Delhi Police's ads, and the.
.
GSCASH? A Perspective patriarchal stereotypes and biases displayed by its.
policemen in Tehelka's sting. These ads refuse to recognize.
The GSCASH in JNU, and elected student representation in that the very machismo and masculine `protectiveness' they.
GSCASH, came into being as a result of sustained struggles are invoking against violence on women, is in many instances.
by students and teachers against sexual harassment. Even responsible for the violence that women face! As the Hindi.
before Supreme Court's historic Vishakha Judgement (1997), proverb has it, `jis laung se bhoot bhaga rahe the, bhoot.
JNU campus started debating the need for an autonomous usi laung mein tha' (the sense of which can be roughly.
body, outside the ambit of the Proctorial Board, at campus rendered as: `the disease lurks in the very pill that's.
level to deal with cases of sexual harassment. So when the prescribed as a panacea'). After all, aren't the men who.
Supreme court made it mandatory to create a body against seek to control their sisters' or daughters' friendships,.
sexual harassment at every workplace (the Vishakha relationships and mobility; who ask their wives to avoid.
Judgement), the ground was already mature in the campus wearing jeans; who commit `honour' crimes, `real men,' acting.
through debates and discussions from early on and JNU in a socially-sanctioned way, as guardians and protectors.
became one of the first institutions to create its own of women? If a woman is `indecently' dressed, or if she was.
GSCASH. out late at night or at a pub/nightclub, and therefore failing to.
.
As we approach GSCASH elections in JNU, `gender- display the `shame' that is expected of her, doesn't she fall.
.
sensitisation' remains one of the key tasks of the GSCASH. outside the protective circle of masculine guardianship? Isn't.
.
What do we mean by `gender-sensitisation'? In my view, she, in other words, less than a `real woman,' according to.
.
`gender-sensitisation' cannot just mean a concern for patriarchal thinking, and therefore, deserving of rape? Isn't it.
.
`protecting' women from sexual harassment. We need to possible, according to the Delhi Police's own cops, that.
.
actively ask uncomfortable questions, and disturb the `real men' mistook her for a `slut', a woman without chastity.
.
attitudes to gender and sexual violence that we inherit from and shame, who neither needs nor deserves masculine.
.
society and are an `automatic' part of the dominant protectiveness?.
.
`commonsense'. So, `gender-sensitisation' must mean that in our.
.
Not Patriarchal `Protection' - But Equal Access classrooms, in our hostels, in our public celebrations and.
.
to Public Spaces gatherings (such as hostel nights and fresher/farewell.
.
Just recently, a sting operation by Tehelka has parties), we go beyond talk of women needing `safety' and.
confirmed the ugly truth: police officers in the NCR region `protection.' Rather, let us assert that `safety' from sexual.
.
believe most women `ask for rape'; they believe that women harassment ought to mean that women have an equal right.
.
who wear modern clothes, have male friends, drink alcohol, with men to access public spaces and workplaces without.
are divorced, etc are all `provoking' men to rape them. The fear, irrespective of what time it is, what they are wearing,.
sting also showed how these cops have a deeply ingrained and whether or not they are accompanied by male.
bias against women from `Darjeeling, Nepal, North East', companions, and who those male companions are. In other.
saying that these women are all prostitutes who falsely words, the concern ought to be to that of gender equality,.
.
complain of rape. Of course, it isn't only beat cops who rather than the patriarchal ideology of masculine guardianship.
.
think like this: top cops like KPS Gill, Chief ministers like and `protection' of women..
.
Sheila Dixit and Mamata Banerjee, have all said similar When we resist sexual harassment, let's be clear -.
.
things. P.T.O..
..
PaRCha - JNU - AISA material - 2012 ID-29213
.
We seek But my point is that patriarchal attitudes are not just on.
.
Not worship - but equality and dignity display when the policemen are caught displaying biases.
towards rape victims in a sting operation. These patriarchal.
Not a pedestal - but a platform where attitudes are on display even when the police are in full public.
you and I can struggle for a world free view, `protecting' women. Take the instance of a recent Delhi.
of relations of power and domination Police ad campaign against violence on women, that has.
.
Strengthen the Struggle for a campus free of sexual a popular actor/director saying, "Make Delhi safer for women..
.
harassment and gender discrimination Are you man enough to join me? Don't sit back and allow.
.
Resist not only sexual harassment and violence, but also violence against women. Fight it. Report it.".
.
patriarchal common sense that justifies such violence Another ad that the Delhi Police has been using for several.
Demand sufficient funds, staff, infrastructure for GSCASH years (can be viewed at www.delhipolice.nic.in/home/.
.
Ensure autonomy, confidentiality and unbiasedness of GSCASH a d v e r t i s e m e n t / W o m e n % 2 0 S a f e t y /.
.
Vote Support Elect Shweta Raj Women%20Safetynew.htm) uses a photograph of a woman.
at a bus stop being harassed by some men, while a man.
.
As Student Representative to GSCASH and a woman look on passively. The ad copy says, "There.
are no men in this picture...Or this would not happen...Surely.
.
If you've come to help me, you are wasting your time. you can't let a woman be teased in front of you? You are a.
.
But if you've come because your liberation is bound up real man. You know how humiliating and embarrassing it is.
.
with mine, then let us work together. - Lilla Watson for her. So protect her. And help her. Escort her away from.
.
How Should We Struggle Against Sexual the scene. ...Save her from shame and hurt...Protect women.
from eve teasers.".
.
Harassment? What Should `Gender- There is no contradiction between the ideology of.
.
Sensitisation' Mean? How to Revitalise patriarchal protection in the Delhi Police's ads, and the.
.
GSCASH? A Perspective patriarchal stereotypes and biases displayed by its.
policemen in Tehelka's sting. These ads refuse to recognize.
The GSCASH in JNU, and elected student representation in that the very machismo and masculine `protectiveness' they.
GSCASH, came into being as a result of sustained struggles are invoking against violence on women, is in many instances.
by students and teachers against sexual harassment. Even responsible for the violence that women face! As the Hindi.
before Supreme Court's historic Vishakha Judgement (1997), proverb has it, `jis laung se bhoot bhaga rahe the, bhoot.
JNU campus started debating the need for an autonomous usi laung mein tha' (the sense of which can be roughly.
body, outside the ambit of the Proctorial Board, at campus rendered as: `the disease lurks in the very pill that's.
level to deal with cases of sexual harassment. So when the prescribed as a panacea'). After all, aren't the men who.
Supreme court made it mandatory to create a body against seek to control their sisters' or daughters' friendships,.
sexual harassment at every workplace (the Vishakha relationships and mobility; who ask their wives to avoid.
Judgement), the ground was already mature in the campus wearing jeans; who commit `honour' crimes, `real men,' acting.
through debates and discussions from early on and JNU in a socially-sanctioned way, as guardians and protectors.
became one of the first institutions to create its own of women? If a woman is `indecently' dressed, or if she was.
GSCASH. out late at night or at a pub/nightclub, and therefore failing to.
.
As we approach GSCASH elections in JNU, `gender- display the `shame' that is expected of her, doesn't she fall.
.
sensitisation' remains one of the key tasks of the GSCASH. outside the protective circle of masculine guardianship? Isn't.
.
What do we mean by `gender-sensitisation'? In my view, she, in other words, less than a `real woman,' according to.
.
`gender-sensitisation' cannot just mean a concern for patriarchal thinking, and therefore, deserving of rape? Isn't it.
.
`protecting' women from sexual harassment. We need to possible, according to the Delhi Police's own cops, that.
.
actively ask uncomfortable questions, and disturb the `real men' mistook her for a `slut', a woman without chastity.
.
attitudes to gender and sexual violence that we inherit from and shame, who neither needs nor deserves masculine.
.
society and are an `automatic' part of the dominant protectiveness?.
.
`commonsense'. So, `gender-sensitisation' must mean that in our.
.
Not Patriarchal `Protection' - But Equal Access classrooms, in our hostels, in our public celebrations and.
.
to Public Spaces gatherings (such as hostel nights and fresher/farewell.
.
Just recently, a sting operation by Tehelka has parties), we go beyond talk of women needing `safety' and.
confirmed the ugly truth: police officers in the NCR region `protection.' Rather, let us assert that `safety' from sexual.
.
believe most women `ask for rape'; they believe that women harassment ought to mean that women have an equal right.
.
who wear modern clothes, have male friends, drink alcohol, with men to access public spaces and workplaces without.
are divorced, etc are all `provoking' men to rape them. The fear, irrespective of what time it is, what they are wearing,.
sting also showed how these cops have a deeply ingrained and whether or not they are accompanied by male.
bias against women from `Darjeeling, Nepal, North East', companions, and who those male companions are. In other.
saying that these women are all prostitutes who falsely words, the concern ought to be to that of gender equality,.
.
complain of rape. Of course, it isn't only beat cops who rather than the patriarchal ideology of masculine guardianship.
.
think like this: top cops like KPS Gill, Chief ministers like and `protection' of women..
.
Sheila Dixit and Mamata Banerjee, have all said similar When we resist sexual harassment, let's be clear -.
.
things. P.T.O..
..