PaRCha - JNU - AISA material - 2013 ID-35432
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late at night, dressing according to their own choice and taking independent decisions about entering into or coming out of.
relationships. Liberty and freedom for woman in many such instances achieved through a difficult and relentless struggle by.
the student community for sure comes as surprise to many of us including women who for the first time enter this university..
But most of us receive such liberty and freedom not as an unfortunate shock but with appreciation of how freedom and.
equality among genders only help in better and mature understanding about each other. Generations of students in this.
campus have experienced how a freer interaction among not only the two genders but people coming from different.
regional and cultural backgrounds have helped in better understanding of the `other' and breaking down of several.
stereotypes about the `other'. The atmosphere of freedom is not only liberating for women but also for men who now can.
share a space of friendship based on equality which is so uncommon otherwise..
.
Then how is this newness of equality and freedom supposed to generate `shock' for only one gender and thus making them.
helpless to get into such obsessive mode of violence? In fact, aren't those who believe that `culture shock' leads men to get into.
the `stalking' or `violent' mode, actually disturbed by the breaking down of unequal hierarchical relationship between the two.
genders more than anything else? While it is important to create an inclusive atmosphere of co-operation so that people.
from different cultural backgrounds do not feel alienated in a new atmosphere, any attempt to deny the existence of.
patriarchal common sense in the name of confusion created due to `culture shock' is only an escape route and not.
honest attempt to address the issue..
.
The act of violence of 31st July has also been named as a natural outburst of hurt feeling due to a sense of rejection. We are.
asked if the woman was sufficiently `sensitive' and `convincing' in her `explanations' for breaking off or rejecting a relationship..
If she said `NO' rudely, we are told, it would very naturally create a disturbance in a male's psychology who then is forced to.
take such extreme steps. Again, have we ever thought: how does it become so natural for us to think that a woman saying `NO'.
to a relationship is more rude and unjustified as compared to a man saying `NO'? Why is it that a woman's act of independence.
by saying `NO' is seen as `naturally' generating a violent reaction by the man who has been rejected? Are woman never.
rejected in a relationship? Does not it generate a sense of grief and hurt among them? Will we accept it as `natural' and.
`acceptable' if a woman who is rejected were to respond in the same violent and oppressive way? Isn't it perhaps the case that.
in a relationship, a woman is seen to be `possessed' by her partner, and that is why it is only she who does not have the right.
to enter or come out of a relationship according to her own choice? Don't popular films and songs survive on everyday.
manufacturing of the ideas of women as objects of desire to be possessed? Many of us may remember appreciating the tunes.
of `tu ha kar ya na kar...tu hai meri kiran', without being able to understand how the denial of a woman's agency becomes.
naturalized through nice music and an entertaining plot. Or lately, the portrayal of a `heartless' and `disloyal' woman who has.
rejected a boy has been collectively enjoyed by all of us through the beats of `kolaveri' is also a part of the process of.
naturalization of the idea of a rude woman who says `NO'. A `NO' is also often interpreted as `hotho pen na dil pe ha hoyenga'.
thus disrespecting her ability to take decisions for herself..
.
While many of us in JNU would accept that institutions like khap panchayats should not exist in a democracy, that acid attacks.
on women are not acceptable or attacking a woman with a cleaver is inhuman, have we really been able to acknowledge that.
only this much is not enough? Unless we critically look into our ideas about women in every aspect of life and respect their right.
to express consent or denial at any stage of relationship of intimacy, we will only continue to nurture a mindset which.
eventually could manifest itself through an attack with a cleaver. There are manifold small acts of `possessiveness' and.
aggression (obsessive, repeated smses and phone calls, etc) which we accept as `chalta hai'... which all help to create the.
climate where an attack with a cleaver is waiting to happen..
.
The task ahead for ensuring a gender-just campus.
.
Although the incident of 31st July has shaken the campus, the campus community has accepted the task of deep introspection.
and accepted the challenges for building a gender-just, violence free and truly liberating campus space for people from all the.
genders, regional, cultural and economic background. This is still the campus which responds with responsibility in cases of.
such gender violence and ensures several other forms of freedom such as free movement for both the genders in campus.
spaces. The radical student movement in JNU has ensured the establishment of Gender Sensitisation Committee Against.
Sexual Harassment following the guidelines of Vishakha Judgment by the Supreme Court. The previous JNUSU in 2012 demanded.
institutionalisation of the gender sensitization program at the beginning of academic year which had been achieved through.
a consistent pressure by the students. The demand by the previous JNUSU for preparing a gender sensitization module and.
making it a part of curriculum in every discipline was passed by the School of Social Sciences Board of Studies .The task now is.
to ensure that such a module is prepared at the earliest. Transforming ideas about gender stereotypes can be achieved.
through a dialogue among the campus community about gender relations and women's autonomy..
.
5 July 2013.
.
Akbar, President, AISA, JNU Sandeep Saurav, Gen. Secy, AISA, JNU.
..
PaRCha - JNU - AISA material - 2013 ID-35432
.
late at night, dressing according to their own choice and taking independent decisions about entering into or coming out of.
relationships. Liberty and freedom for woman in many such instances achieved through a difficult and relentless struggle by.
the student community for sure comes as surprise to many of us including women who for the first time enter this university..
But most of us receive such liberty and freedom not as an unfortunate shock but with appreciation of how freedom and.
equality among genders only help in better and mature understanding about each other. Generations of students in this.
campus have experienced how a freer interaction among not only the two genders but people coming from different.
regional and cultural backgrounds have helped in better understanding of the `other' and breaking down of several.
stereotypes about the `other'. The atmosphere of freedom is not only liberating for women but also for men who now can.
share a space of friendship based on equality which is so uncommon otherwise..
.
Then how is this newness of equality and freedom supposed to generate `shock' for only one gender and thus making them.
helpless to get into such obsessive mode of violence? In fact, aren't those who believe that `culture shock' leads men to get into.
the `stalking' or `violent' mode, actually disturbed by the breaking down of unequal hierarchical relationship between the two.
genders more than anything else? While it is important to create an inclusive atmosphere of co-operation so that people.
from different cultural backgrounds do not feel alienated in a new atmosphere, any attempt to deny the existence of.
patriarchal common sense in the name of confusion created due to `culture shock' is only an escape route and not.
honest attempt to address the issue..
.
The act of violence of 31st July has also been named as a natural outburst of hurt feeling due to a sense of rejection. We are.
asked if the woman was sufficiently `sensitive' and `convincing' in her `explanations' for breaking off or rejecting a relationship..
If she said `NO' rudely, we are told, it would very naturally create a disturbance in a male's psychology who then is forced to.
take such extreme steps. Again, have we ever thought: how does it become so natural for us to think that a woman saying `NO'.
to a relationship is more rude and unjustified as compared to a man saying `NO'? Why is it that a woman's act of independence.
by saying `NO' is seen as `naturally' generating a violent reaction by the man who has been rejected? Are woman never.
rejected in a relationship? Does not it generate a sense of grief and hurt among them? Will we accept it as `natural' and.
`acceptable' if a woman who is rejected were to respond in the same violent and oppressive way? Isn't it perhaps the case that.
in a relationship, a woman is seen to be `possessed' by her partner, and that is why it is only she who does not have the right.
to enter or come out of a relationship according to her own choice? Don't popular films and songs survive on everyday.
manufacturing of the ideas of women as objects of desire to be possessed? Many of us may remember appreciating the tunes.
of `tu ha kar ya na kar...tu hai meri kiran', without being able to understand how the denial of a woman's agency becomes.
naturalized through nice music and an entertaining plot. Or lately, the portrayal of a `heartless' and `disloyal' woman who has.
rejected a boy has been collectively enjoyed by all of us through the beats of `kolaveri' is also a part of the process of.
naturalization of the idea of a rude woman who says `NO'. A `NO' is also often interpreted as `hotho pen na dil pe ha hoyenga'.
thus disrespecting her ability to take decisions for herself..
.
While many of us in JNU would accept that institutions like khap panchayats should not exist in a democracy, that acid attacks.
on women are not acceptable or attacking a woman with a cleaver is inhuman, have we really been able to acknowledge that.
only this much is not enough? Unless we critically look into our ideas about women in every aspect of life and respect their right.
to express consent or denial at any stage of relationship of intimacy, we will only continue to nurture a mindset which.
eventually could manifest itself through an attack with a cleaver. There are manifold small acts of `possessiveness' and.
aggression (obsessive, repeated smses and phone calls, etc) which we accept as `chalta hai'... which all help to create the.
climate where an attack with a cleaver is waiting to happen..
.
The task ahead for ensuring a gender-just campus.
.
Although the incident of 31st July has shaken the campus, the campus community has accepted the task of deep introspection.
and accepted the challenges for building a gender-just, violence free and truly liberating campus space for people from all the.
genders, regional, cultural and economic background. This is still the campus which responds with responsibility in cases of.
such gender violence and ensures several other forms of freedom such as free movement for both the genders in campus.
spaces. The radical student movement in JNU has ensured the establishment of Gender Sensitisation Committee Against.
Sexual Harassment following the guidelines of Vishakha Judgment by the Supreme Court. The previous JNUSU in 2012 demanded.
institutionalisation of the gender sensitization program at the beginning of academic year which had been achieved through.
a consistent pressure by the students. The demand by the previous JNUSU for preparing a gender sensitization module and.
making it a part of curriculum in every discipline was passed by the School of Social Sciences Board of Studies .The task now is.
to ensure that such a module is prepared at the earliest. Transforming ideas about gender stereotypes can be achieved.
through a dialogue among the campus community about gender relations and women's autonomy..
.
5 July 2013.
.
Akbar, President, AISA, JNU Sandeep Saurav, Gen. Secy, AISA, JNU.
..