The Rape Mockery – How insensitive (& dumb) can humans be?
Hello friends,
I would like to draw your attention towards various anti-rape ideas, apps and products that are being sold in the market! I would like to walk you through 2 scenarios –
Scene I – What product makers and advertisers think of rape, rape victims and rapists
Scene II – What a rape scenario is actually like
Scene 1 – Virtual
Time : Dusk 6:30 to 7pm
Place: a bit of a lonesome alley with alleys criss crossing.
A girl in early 20’s clad in kurti and jeans talking on her phone while walking briskly.
Girl: Haan mamma, I have come out of the tuition classes. Abhi bus stop ki or jaa rahi hoon (will be reaching the bus stop soon).
While she is talking she observes that 2 men (young boys) are jumping joyfully like clowns and coming towards her. As she keeps her phone in her bag (sling bag) she sees both the men standing right in front of her – and eying her pop-eyedly (the eyes will have a childlike/ dumb mischief in them). She frowns and sees that both their t-shirts have ‘ I am a rapist. Beware’ written on it.
As they move to touch her – she says: Hey! STOP – hang on…just wait a sec…abhi dikhati hoon mazaa…
The 2 men suddenly stop – put their half hands up – look at her ransacking her bag.
Man1: Aap kya kal lahe ho…(aap kya kar rahe ho – what are you doing?)
Girl: thahar jaa – abhi batati hoon tujhe…bahut charbi chad gayee hai na…
The 2 men continue looking at her curiously…..their hands folded in front
The girl then takes out a Pepper spray and tries to spray on their eyes….spray does not work.
She says – Shit! and then shakes the spray bottle (when a spary bottle is not used for long, it becomes jammed you see) . All this time the men are observing her with folded hands – neck tilted sideways…..then she says ‘ idhar aa’
Man – kyu?
Girl – ‘abbey idhar aa tu’…then she gets close to their eyes and sprays .
Both men scream – aaa—yeh to bahut jal raha hai…aaaa mujhe kuch dikaayee nahi de raha melord…..doctor sahib..aaa
Girl: abhi to suruvat hai – picture abhi baki hai…..gundo
She then takes out her mobile and presses a button –
Girl – bas 3 more minutes and you would be where you belong – in the jail.
Men – Nahiii
The watch shows 3 mins over and we can hear the siren of the police jeep.
As the scene fades, the rapists are heard saying “ lekin Inspector sahib..hamne to kuch kiya hi nahi abhi tak..aap hamen kaha le jaa rahe hai…ni hum nahi manenge…
Scene 2 – Reality
Time : Dusk 6:30 to 7pm
Place: a bit of a lonesome alley with alleys criss crossing.
A girl in early 20’s clad in kurti and jeans talking on her phone while walking briskly.
Girl: Haan mamma, I have come out of the tuition classes. Abhi bus stop ki or jaa rahi hoon.
2 men are smoking at a distance and watching a blue-film clip – mms. Shabbily dressed, they observe her come and one of them nudges the other one with a very dirty grin – eyes full of lust. The other man shows him the alley which she will shortly cross. One of the man starts to walk briskly towards her.
As she is putting her phone in the bag, he bangs against her purposely and her phone drops. She looks irritatingly at him saying:
Aap dekh kar nahi chalet kya?
The man says – sorry behenji and offers to pick up her phone …..and puts it in his pocket instead.
‘Hey! What the hell’…she sees him making his way towards the blind alley – she screams:
Array – mera phone to dijiye! she tries to pursue him…she barely walks 5-6 steps but immediately becomes cautious not to go behind him as the alley was dark.
By that time the 2nd man comes from behind and pushes her into darkness.
The last thing heard is a muffled scream.
The End.
Conclusion:
Do the product makers and advertisers actually think that criminals are dumb? Are they (criminals) themselves not aware of the kinds of anti-rape products available in the market? Will they not be alert? Criminals know very well that they are committing a crime…and they are very careful not to leave any loophole in their criminal act…the reason why – nowadays, the rapists are murdering women after raping them so that they don’t describe the rapist to the cops.
A criminal is not created overnight – try eradicating the root cause that creates a criminal.
After a crime is committed, nothing much can be done about it…just that the entire family laments for the rest of their lives!
How long should we continue to live in our virtual/ dream world?
Wake up before it is too late.
Heal the Roots