WE welcome the PMO’s directive to the police to arrest the eve teasers responsible for a young schoolgirl committing suicide on Saturday in the city’s Nandipara area. Stern action is definitely warranted against young men who make it virtually impossible for school and college going girls to attend their classes. The decision to deploy plainclothes at the girls’ schools in the city will also bring some relief to the girls and their parents greatly worried about the well-being of their daughters.The steps taken by the government, in the wake of some girls taking their own lives, should leave little doubt in the public mind that eve teasing is no longer a minor problem. The vulnerability of the young girls who find nobody coming to their rescue when they are surrounded by teasers has actually crossed all limits of tolerance. The latest trend is all the more worrisome as girls have even been assaulted by the teasers. This is something unheard of as beating up a helpless, innocent girl is indeed a despicable act that no-self respecting young man could ever think of in the past. However, such attacks have to be stopped once and for all, if we want to protect the rights of women. It is not enough to give only lip service to their cause.
Obviously, a police solution to an essentially socio-economic problem cannot be sustained on a long-term basis unless the community at large acts in tandem with the law enforcers to address all such issues. These young men, most of them are frustrated having almost nothing to do. They become drug addicts or criminals. This is an ominous development, which must be checked to save the large number of youths from degradation. Society can think of providing sources of healthy entertainment and recreation to them.
Essentially though, arresting the eve teasers and deploying police at the girls’ schools should be followed by bringing the real culprits to justice. What’s important is deterrent punishment must be meted out to those who harass and oppress girls, so that their lives become safer and their pursuit if education trouble-free.
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