Mumbai Woman Puts Up Her Number In Search Of Ventilator, Receives Unsolicited Messages And Dick Pics Instead.
We have been dealing with a global crisis and a pandemic for a year now. Having been bogged down by the coronavirus back in 2020, one would believe we would have been equipped to deal with its cause and effects. And yet, when the second wave hit us, we were caught with our pants down. As the virus is spreading faster than ever, the country is trying hard to brave this wave. An alarming increase in the cases country wide has led to an acute shortage of hospital beds, oxygen cylinders and even medicine. Which is why, people aren’t leaving any stone unturned to arrange for these. But if you’re a woman, you will get more than a lead.
However, where on one end people are dealing with this life and death situation, there are others who are simply making the situation worse, by continuing to be their perverted and sick selves. We are talking about the man who recently used a woman’s helplessness in searching for covid resources, to harass her and send her obscene photos.
The incident that took place with Mumbai-based Shasvathi Siva, left most of us angered and exasperated, considering how even in the middle of a crisis, women continue to be targets of harassment. Looking desperately to arrange ventilators and plasma for a relative who was critically ill, Siva had shared her personal number on Twitter, hoping to find a lead.
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#Mumbai woman shares her phone number on #Twitter for #ventilator, gets sent obscene photos https://t.co/cqgbnNIG9t
— The Tribune (@thetribunechd) April 21, 2021
Except, what she did find was not information about ventilators or beds, but unsolicited cheap messages and obscene photos from a man. And what’s worse is, it wasn’t just one man, but several who used her number to send her obscene messages and pictures. A woman can’t even reach out now!
Talking about the incident, she wrote, “The day after I put out my emergency request, I found myself fielding three to four calls a minute. I was speaking to blood banks, coordinating with donors, figuring if they qualified at all, and a million different things for my suffering loved ones.”
She continued, ““All in all, it was draining, exhausting and demotivating. But somewhere in the middle of these calls—a lot of which were genuinely helpful—I got a call from a man who asked how I knew the person who’d posted about my SOS. ‘Doesn’t matter,’ I said. ‘Are you looking to donate blood?’ He replied, ‘No, are you single?’” And similar calls kept getting made to her after this.
Been looking for plasma donors, and my no has been around in some groups + stories. I've fielded calls from men asking me if I'm single, if I can share photos, my dp is nice etc, and 1 "friend" who said he'd help if 'at least now you go on a date with me'
Some men are DISGUSTING
— Shasvathi Siva (@shasvathi) April 15, 2021
I thought it wouldn't get worse, but since this morning, I've received (on whatsapp) 3 dick pics, and 7 men trying to video call me continuously. Even in a medical emergency, men think only with their genitals.
Women: NEVER, EVER let your number out in public forums. https://t.co/CAJJKiQmR6
— Shasvathi Siva (@shasvathi) April 16, 2021
Further to this, in a tweet she wrote, “Been looking for plasma donors, and my no has been around in some groups + stories. I’ve fielded calls from men asking me if I’m single, if I can share photos, my dp is nice etc, and 1 “friend” who said he’d help if ‘at least now you go on a date with me’ Some men are DISGUSTING.” She then shared how things took a frightening turn when after all of this, she woke up to six anonymous men video-calling her simultaneously, while three directly sent her obscene pictures.
“I thought it wouldn’t get worse, but since this morning, I’ve received (on whatsapp) 3 dick pics, and 7 men trying to video call me continuously. Even in a medical emergency, men think only with their genitals. Women: NEVER, EVER let your number out in public forums,” she wrote in a tweet. As a woman, this is annoying as f*ck. Why can’t we even reach out for help?
She also wrote, as caution to other women or any woman at all, actually, “My advice to women would be to never let your phone number out on a public forum. I know this blanket advice can’t work in all situations, and the onus does not lie on us to protect our inboxes and DMs from perverts.” As if, it wasn’t enough that women would get harassed on the daily for no reason, that now even in times of a crisis, perpetrators aren’t ready to leave them alone. Such a disgrace.
