Screen Sifar writes a PS to the post that she wrote for the new Blank Noise Blogathon (Action Heroes). The Post Script talks about the clothes she wore on the day she was harassed.
On the eve of the incident which I cite as harassment, I was wearing a loose cut skirt, a full sleeved top and a head scarf which clearly makes me out as Muslim.
a. I must have looked nice. I must have come across as feminine. I must have existed. But that is no reason to mark someone out for sexual consumption.
b. Wearing a head-Scarf makes you a target for all kinds of sexual violence.
In the city I live in, Vadodara,
Gujarat , I find that Muslim women are meted out a treatment that subordinates us to a status lower than other (Hindu, Dalit or Christian, not to simplify any of the categories) women. Because coming across as a Muslim you are seen as oppressed, lower class, uneducated and an easy prey for harassment.
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Post Script 2 at http://whosebody.wordpress.com/2007/03/21/post-script-2-another-chapter-to-the-harrowing-blank-noise-experience/