Address: Hoshalli metro Station, Bangalore, Karnataka |
I entered Hoshalli metro Station at around 5.00 PM in the evening. This is about the frisking guard who is positioned at the entrance. Basically, as you enter you are met with the males' frisking booth, and females are required to ascend the stairs. I'm a FEMALE. I have a buzz cut ( 'gender' is a social construct and sex is what is in between your legs, meaning I'm of the FEMALE sex). I was returning from my internship at a law firm, so I was clad in a black pantsuit. I understand that anyone could take me for a 'male'. So when the male frisking guard stopped me at the entrance, I thought it was because he thought I was 'male'. I let him off becaus ei thought he made an honest mistake. I blankly stared at him, I didn't have it in me to sit him down and explain to him the nuances of gender and sexuality. To avoid unnecessary encounters of such, the next day, I dressed up in a kurta and a patiala.
I'm yet to set foot inside the metro station and the same guard from the previous day, stops me and keeps calling me! And NOW I KNOW THAT HE IS UNABASHEDLY TEASING! All the spectators around me are also calling out to me: "Oi!", they shout to me, probably assuming me to be a security threat, the shameless guard has managed to ruin my reputation and legally speaking (I'm a law student), he is indisputably liable for defamation and the Indian penal code for outraging the modesty of a female. I continue my way, ignoring all of them.
I hate his behaviour, and if I see him again tomorrow, I will lodge an official complaint with the metro station and the police.
The incident may seem inconsequential, but all o[censored]s are embedded in society, the very fact that we all speak is because people around us do and thus, we've realized a purpose for speaking and thus we are speaking. Our self image, more often than not, is a product of how others perceive us! And thus, what I've been experiencing for the past 3 days, at the Hosahalli metro station, from same male frisking guard is nothing short of causing harm to others and specially women who have to walk on egg shells to protect themselves. Such behaviour is invariably capable of hurting someone's self esteem. More than that, I was humiliated! Was this information helpful? |
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