Women across the globe have become accustomed to being eve teased every now and then. As sad as this sounds but it has become a part and parcel of being a woman in a man’s world. But this doesn’t mean that it’s okay. The sad state of affairs must be dealt with to ensure that women feel safe inside their homes and outside it too. However, some entitled men simply don’t let that happen. The evidence in question is a viral video from the Gujarat Titans Vs Rajasthan Royals IPL match, which took place on May 5, made by a man as he eve-teased the cheerleaders at the event. Erm, not only did this man eve-tease women but he recorded it to flaunt it like it’s an achievement.
In the viral video, a man who appears to be holding the camera records the cheerleaders as they stand in a queue. The man can be heard saying hello to them. In response, a foreigner can be seen waving back at the man or so it seems. And then things take a turn for the worse as the man begins telling the women in Hindi that he’s only there to see them because “match to hum kabhi bhi dekh sakte hain TV pe”. If you think it’s bad, it’s about to get worse. The man continues recording as the women talk amongst themselves and smile in response to which the man (a little too) confidently states that one of the women is hitting on him and starts loudly exclaiming to ask her if she has never seen a “handsome” man before.
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To begin with, this man eve-teased these women while recording them without their knowledge or consent. For someone who did not even show his face on the camera, this man sure is a tad bit too confident about himself and thinks women would hit on someone who is eve-teasing them. Very entitled behaviour TBH. If his comment about being hit on was meant to be funny, allow me to clarify. It WAS NOT! There is nothing hilarious about a man making cheap comments about women stating that he’s there to see them and not the IPL. No buddy, you went to the event to simply eve tease women and that’s not just shameful but it’s also extremely disgusting!
His behaviour not only reeks of misogyny and entitlement but also reeks of bad upbringing and values. In the comments section of the video shared by a popular Instagram account by the name of Andheriwestshitposting, the internet users pointed out how men think that waving BACK at them or simply existing and smiling is “line marna” as quoted by the man. While several users called out the man’s behaviour, there were those who stated that these women are cheerleaders and no one needs permission to record them implying that ‘they asked for it’. Are y’all for real?
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For a country where women are worshipped, we sure have failed at teaching our boys how to behave around women, respect them and most importantly how to woo them (which is by not catcalling them ICYMI).