Sexual harassment

Sir,
It is a matter of absolute shame that a vast majority of women in Bangladesh are sexually harassed. Every single day countless women are tortured, raped, assaulted in ways that are ridiculously painful. Regardless of your surroundings or no matter how conscious or covered you are, a few men will cunningly find their way into making some kind of physical contact with you.
It could range from touching and fondling to passing sexually explicit remarks or vulgar messages and phone calls and everything in between. Things are already too hard for women and the inappropriate behaviour of some men turn their lives into an ordeal every time they step out of their homes.
What is more saddening is that the victims of sexual harassment so often stay quiet over this injustice because they do not want to embarrass themselves or their families by talking about something as insulting as this.
It is about time that men should learn to respect females not only because they are someone's daughter, wife or sister but because they too are human beings that have been granted equal rights in life.
Ahmed Rafique
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