THE HOLI FESTIVAL JUST TOOK PLACE IN INDIA.
THIS
IS WHERE PEOPLE THROW DYE ON ONE
ANOTHER.
IT LOOKS LIKE A LOT OF FUN.
IT IS MEANT TO CELEBRATE
SPRING, BUT THERE IS A DARK SIDE OF THESE CELEBRATIONS THAT
DOESN'T GET ATTENTION.
THE UNIVERSITY OF DELHI SENT OUT
NOTICES TO ITS TWO FEMALE
DORMITORIES AND LET THEM KNOW THAT THEIR DORMS WOULD BE ON
LOCKDOWN DURING THE CELEBRATIONS
BECAUSE OF HARASSMENT FEARS.
A FEW STUDENTS
SHARED THEIR
PERCEPTION OF WHAT TAKES PLACE DURING THESE EVENTS.
PEOPLE ARE
WORRIED ABOUT THESE YOUNG WOMEN GOING OUT THERE AND CELEBRATING.
THEY ARE WORRIED SOMEONE MIGHT GET SEXUALLY ASSAULTED OR
HARASSED.
THE UNIVERSITY TOOK ACTION AND DECIDED TO PUT THESE
DORMS ON LOCKDOWN.
THE QUESTION
IS IS THIS REALLY THE RIGHT WAY TO GO ABOUT THINGS.
A KIND OF
PENALIZES THE WOMEN AS OPPOSED TO REALLY FOCUSING ON THE ISSUE
AT HAND WHICH IS HOW GUYS FEEL
ENTITLED TO JUST HARASS AND SEXUALLY ASSAULT WOMEN LIKE
THIS.
>> IN THE CASE OF SHOULD THEY BE ALLOWED TO JUST GRAB PEOPLE, OF
COURSE NOT.
WHAT IS THIS THE PURGE?
WE'RE GOING TO SUSPEND
LAWS FOR 24 HOURS?
BEFORE EVERY ñ LET ME GIVE YOU ONE MORE QUOTE
ABOUT IT.
" THE IDEA OF CONSENT DOES NOT EXIST DURING HOLI."
IT
SHOULD EXIST AT ALL TIMES.
CAN MEN COME OUT AND RAPE OTHER MEN?
>>IT'S CRAZY HOW THIS PROBLEM DOESN'T SEEM TO GET ANY BETTER.
WHEN IT IS INGRAINED, OR SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN IGNORED
BY AUTHORITIES AND POLITICIANS FOR SO LONG IT'S KIND OF HARD TO
CHANGE THINGS.
CHANGE TAKES
TIME.
SEVERAL YEARS AGO THERE WAS A STUDENT IN HER 20S WHO
WENT OUT TO A MOVIE WITH A MALE
FRIEND.
THEY GOT OUT LATE, SHE GETS ONTO A BUS AND JUST WANTS
TO GO HOME.
THEN SHE GETS GANG RAPED AND MURDERED BY A GROUP OF
GUYS ON THAT BUS.
THAT SPARKED AN INTERNATIONAL DEBATE ABOUT
WHAT IS GOING ON IN INDIA AND WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO COMBAT
THE ISSUE OF RAPE.
I FEEL THE PROBLEM DOESN'T SEEM TO BE
GETTING ANY BETTER.
YOU SEE WOMEN GETTING BLAMED FOR IT.
WOMEN GETTING LOCKED DOWN BECAUSE OF THE FEAR.
I FEEL LIKE
INDIA HAS A LONG WAY TO GO.
I KNOW IT IS NOT COOL TO
POLITICIZE THIS, BUT I HAVE TO.
THOSE SEXUAL ASSAULTS TOOK PLACE
IN COLOGNE, AND IT WAS HORRIFIC.
CONSERVATIVES ESPECIALLY LOVED
EXPLOITING THAT STORY.
WHAT ABOUT THE WOMEN.
HOW OFTEN DO
YOU HEAR CONSERVATIVE NEWS OUTLETS COVERING WHAT IS GOING
ON IN INDIA RIGHT NOW?
THEY DON'T BECAUSE THERE IS NO
POLITICAL INCENTIVE TO DO SO.
THERE IS NO ONE THEY WANT TO DEMONIZE LIKE THEY WANT TO
DEMONIZE MUSLIMS.
>> IF WE WERE CRIMINALIZING HINDUS
THEY WOULD TALK ABOUT IT.
THIS HAPPENS IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT CULTURES IN DIFFERENT
WAYS.
THERE IS A RIGHT WAY TO DO IT, AND A WRONG WAY.
IT HAS TO
DO WITH SIMPLE HUMAN RESPECT FOR
ONE ANOTHER.
IT IS A LITTLE SIMILAR TO MARDI GRAS.
THE BIG
DIFFERENCE IN MARDI GRAS IS YES, THEY SEXUALIZE WOMEN.
BUT THERE
IS CONSENT.
CONSENT MATTERS A LOT BECAUSE YOU CAN'T IGNORE
CERTAIN PEOPLE AS NONHUMAN.
WHY CAN'T WOMEN SAY WE ARE HAVING
FUN NOW WE CAN JUST RUN OVER GUYS.
SO MANY DIFFERENT CULTURES
DO THIS.
THEY GIVE ONE YEAR TO THEIR KIDS RIGHT BEFORE THEY
BECOME ADULTS TO DO WHAT THEY
WANT.
THEY GO NUTS.
RELIGIOUS CULTURES GET PENT-UP, AND THEN
THEY HAVE TO RELEASE.
>> THAT IS SUCH A GOOD WAY OF DESCRIBING IT.
IF SOMEONE WERE
TO TELL ME TO GO DO WHATEVER I WANT, NO RULES, I'M NOT GOING TO
BE SHOOTING HEROIN AND GOING
CRAZY.
IT IS BECAUSE I'M NOT RELIGIOUS.
I'M A GOOD PERSON, I
BELIEVE IN MORALS.
BUT MY MORALS DON'T HURT OTHER PEOPLE.
AND
JUST BE KIND.
UNLESS SOMEONE MAKES YOU MAD BY VOTING FOR THE WRONG PERSON
AND THEN YOU CALL THEM NAMES.
>> LET'S JUST ALSO TALK ABOUT THE SECOND COMPONENT WHICH IS
LOCKING WOMEN UP.
INDIA'S MINISTER FOR WOMEN GAVE THIS
QUOTE WHICH I THOUGHT AT FIRST
SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT THE GUYS WHICH MAKES IT WORSE.
SHE SAYS,
"WHEN YOU ARE 16 OR 17 YOU ARE HORMONALLY VERY CHALLENGED.
SO
TO PROTECT YOU AGAINST YOUR OWN
HORMONAL OUTBURSTS PERHAPS A BOUNDARY
IS DRAWN."
SO IT'S
THEIR FAULT, HENCE WE HAVE TO DRAW A BOUNDARY.
SHE IS THE
MINISTER OF WOMEN!
IT'S CRAZY TALK.
HOLI SOUND SUPER FUN IF
YOU TAKE THE NONCONSENT OUT.
THEY DRINK A MILKY CANNABIS
BASED CONCOCTION.
NOW WE ARE
HAVING FUN.
JUST BRING CONSENTS BACK AND WE CAN ALL HAVE FUN TOGETHER.