Impact of Eve Teasing in the Society of Bangladesh

Impact of even teaser in the society of Bangladesh By S. khan joy Email emailprotected com Now Eve pesky is one of the main threats for Bangladesh because it is destroying the social balance. Eve rag might seem harmless fun to some, but gets the nerve of the victims. The severe impact of eve teasing is taking away the lives of young girls as Bangladesh has witnessed recently.Based on empirical study (2008) the Hunger Project has place some impacts of eve teasing in the society of rural Bangladesh. These are a) Curtailed education Sexual curse increases girls drop-out rate from school. Parents concerned about their daughters honour or safety sometimes keep their daughters home and/or marry them off at an early age. b) Early marriage Girls who are teased or pissed off are also pushed into marriage, before they are physically or mentally prepared. ) Hindered development Eve teasing contributes to maintaining the low status of women. It also hinders women in participating in the for mal drill sector. As closely half of the population of the country are women, for the economic development of the country their participation in employment is a must. d) Eve teasing leads to young womans suicide in Bangladesh RVEYING the newspapers over the eventually few months we must have to be shocked realising the unprecedented rate of suicide cases among the young girls collectable to eve teasing.As reported in the newspapers in the recent past Nurina, Elora, Simi, Trisha, Tonni, Swapna, Tithi, Rumi committed suicide to escape the mercilessness of stalkers repression. Over the last four months, as reported in The Daily Star, fourteen girls, due to repression of stalkers, opted for net destiny of their lives finding no other alternatives. Apart from suicide, one statistics has revealed that during January-July 2008 period only, about 13,000 women became victims of eve teasing of different forms across the country.This figure counted only the reported cases. Many occurrenc es remain unreported as the bulk of the victims of eve teasing prefer to ignore this out of fear or not to be disgraced or part of a social gossip. The situation has become so alarming that, in general, it can be argued that at present no girl has been spared from being a victim of eve teasing in one form or another.