Dunno What To Say..Am Speechless!!

This has been worrying me since quite sometime now. Safety of women in India especially in metros.....

Since the past couple of years, Mumbaikars have welcomed the new year with horrific stories of molestation. Women being groped and molested by a crowd. Shameful...

These are highlighted just because some media people were there on the spot for coverage of the incidents. But, such events are not one off rare affair. These happen everyday, just that journos are not there to report them.

I was out on 31st night...with school friends...enjoying the festive atmosphere...when the discussion turned towards women...(Guys cant ever stop discussing women...can they??)...
The general sentiment among us was that we are a group of jerks...who don't have a girlfriend and hence are losers. We are born in a transition period, where all our juniors and seniors have been dating women, bedding them and enjoying life, booze and one night stands. They wanted to visit dance bars...just to see what it is, enjoy life, see everything before they die. Visit discos with women and ........ Huh!!...
I mean, seriously, is dating women and bedding them the sole purpose of life?? I was shocked by their opinion of women. These people whom I have grown up with...expressing women in such disgracing terms. And more shockingly, they felt nothings wrong with their opinion. Well, I don't mean to say that I hate these guys, these guys are my support system, my only good friends...the friends whom I have grown up with...but still...I still cant come to terms with their thinking. They seemed so desperate.

Yesterday, I was hanging with two guys from my colony...the only two friends I have here. The new year molestation incident came up. One guys opinion was of anger. Not at the mob, but at the women. According to him, women have no business hanging out after dark, coz its imperative that they will be molested. I mean how sick!! Double standard has its limits. This same guy will happily go on a long drive with his girlfriend...in the middle of the night(Although I am not sure whether his girlfriend will be game for such an outing...lol)...

Today's newspaper also carried a survey of metro cities...which states that about 70% of the population believes that women are vulnerable if they go out to discs.

What crime have women committed? Wearing revealing clothes? Boozing? Partying? Bloody everyone has a life and has every right to enjoy it as it appeals to him/her. What right do men have to mar their enjoyment? Ask the molesters, what if somebody molests his mother, sister or wife?

I don't know what to say...but the one word that comes to my mind is Disgusting...

Regarding my friends, I have an interesting observation. All the guys who express the above opinions are either commerce grads or engineering students. I have never come across a biology / medical graduate who voice the same opinion. Maybe I am just imagining things. Man...my mind is not working. I am angry. On the change. Mumbai changing to Shanghai...The mentality...still SICK!!