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Nepal: How safe are public spaces for gender non-conforming people?

June 19, 2017 By Correspondent

Pritha Khanal, Kathmandu, Nepal, SSH Blog Correspondent

“I don’t want to rank levels of harassment because the thing about harassment is that even after the act you are traumatized by it. And trauma doesn’t have hierarchies — sometimes I can be more hurt by a word than I can be a fist.” – Alok Vaid Menon

Gender is a social construct and it hasn’t been very inclusive. In many societies, it only has categorized roles for heterosexual males and females. The population of LGBTQ thus is largely excluded by this inherently patriarchal system. The third gendered community is flatly denied by large amounts of population, and hatred for them is twice as much. People, including some ruling governments, policy-makers, politicians and icons, believe “God” only created two sexes and any others are showing themselves up, seeking attention or going against the natural law.

Gender non-conforming people are often known as queer or femme or trans-sexual and they are slowly coming out of closet through various forms of art and literature. One of these great and rising artists is Alok Vaid Menon who uses the pronoun they/them and is originally from India and is now residing in the United States. They represent and promote not only LGBTQ rights, but they also protest against a patriarchal system of gender division and roles, white supremacy and cis supremacies.

Having followed them on Instagram for quite some time now, I noticed that they face harassment ten times worse than me and other cis gender women I know.

Courtesy of Alok Vaid Menon’s Facebook page

Last month on 22nd May, Alok Vaid Menon set the stage on fire among Nepalese poetry lovers in Nepal Tourism Board, Kathmandu. In the event organized by QC bookshop, the popular queer artist and writer Menon enlightened the audience with the problems the transgender community have been facing on a daily basis. The issues which were so surprising to us were expected and every day for them and include: hatred, domination, bullying, being called at, being misunderstood and judged and HARASSED. (Excessively and severely harassed.) They shared the story of being beaten up inside an Australian metro once and how not a single person intervened to help.

Dressed in floral gown and high heels, carrying their body hairs as a pride and shining in the neon lip paints, Menon sings loudly, “I don’t call harassment as harassment; I call it torture. Torture of Patriarchy.”

Alok Vaid Menon agreed to do a short interview with me after I attended the program. The interview is focused mainly upon street harassment and their say on it.

1. As a member of the transgender community, how do you define harassment?

I don’t believe in harassment I believe in torture — by which I mean, I understand harassment to be an intentional use of intimidation, pain, fear, and violence in order to break down marginalized peoples.

2. What are the most common forms of harassment you come across on the street?

Being stared at. People literally just stop what they’re doing and stare at me, take photos of me, point at me.

3. What is the worst case of harassment you’ve ever experienced?

I don’t want to rank levels of harassment because the thing about harassment is that even after the act you are traumatized by it. And trauma doesn’t have hierarchies — sometimes I can be more hurt by a word than I can be a fist. So what I would say is that the most severe and intense forms of harassment that I experience are in the Western world (specifically the US and Australia).

4. How do you usually react during these moments?

I enter survival mode. I look down and try to take up as little space as possible. I start thinking about my options and how to get away safely.

5. How does it impact you psychologically?

I am traumatized by the level of harassment that I experience. It has had an extremely negative impact on my mental and physical health. It’s made me incredibly anxious and I have to constantly find ways to cope with it.

6. What according to you is the solution of these problems? Do you believe change is possible with more awareness and proper education to people or is it effective when victims react back?

The solution is ending patriarchy and the gender binary that upholds it. I notice that a lot of strategies when it comes to ending harassment are oriented around making women and trans people modify our behavior and appearances, and never around actually challenging societies which enable and encourage harassment against us. I don’t think education is necessarily the right approach because this is about power not prejudice. What we need is to name systems of violence like patriarchy, caste, and race — and strategize how to address them at their roots rather than their systems.

7. What do you want to say to society specifically in regards to street harassment and to the victims regardless of gender to rise against it?

It’s not your fault.

Pritha is doing her Master’s degree in Anthropology and her thesis is on the menstruation practice issues among rural teenagers in Nepal. She received a Bachelor’s degree in Social Work. She works in a non-governmental organization focused on women empowerment. Follow her blog www.prithakhanal.com and my Facebook account: @pritha.khanal.

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To the man who groped me at Wal-Mart last week

June 17, 2017 By Contributor

To the man who groped me at Wal-Mart last week:

To you, I am just an x-chromosome
whose molecules were formed
to fit your whim.

I understand how my high-necked, long-sleeved blouse
in combination with my black work pants
were outrageously irresistible

or, most likely, how they flashed a sign that read:
“too nice to make a fuss.”

Were you surprised the way I yelled at you
and made a fuss?
Or how the sales associate, like spider-man, leaped across the aisle
and was by my side in an instant?

Did you think you were home free
when you left the Wal-Mart
exiting the doors like a normal customer
unscathed, uncaught, unpunished?

What went through your mind across the street at the Texaco
as you filled up to make your escape?
Was it McDonald’s, porn, or your next victim?

But what I really want to know
was what flashed through your mind
as you rolled down your window as the police asked for your license and registration
because even I didn’t believe how fast they responded
and caught you.

You didn’t have a mom like mine
or you wouldn’t have seen me
as an opportunity.

Instead, you might have seen me as
a teacher working nights
to pay students loans,

or a sister buying a bridal shower gift
for the bride-to-be,

or a daughter, who, after swimming for an hour with her mom
became sunburned
and only came into the store
for some aloe vera
to soothe her unseen pain.

Now, a shadow of you follows me,
despite my best efforts,
to not just stores, but work, home,
the bathroom, and as I lay down,
my bed.

Though I think I have forgiven you,
if you come near me again,
I must warn you
I have replayed what you did to me
on that aisle
with security cameras
and other shoppers around
1,000 times, and how I should have,
could have, would have reacted

so that next time you will carry me
like a shadow
chaining your hands to your side
and saving others from becoming
your victim, like me,
and from becoming part of the 87% statistic,
a club I joined without even signing up.

I still grieve the confidence you stole from me,
but I know, over time, I will get that back.

And I will heal.

You, on the other hand,
will probably take more than a lifetime
to understand the character you have built in me,
forged by stupidity, impulse, and selfishness.

Optional: What’s one way you think we can make public places safer for everyone?

Education, good families, love, respect, and for Jesus to come again.

– CS

Location: Wal-Mart in Payson, Utah

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“I’m done with seeing it as normal”

June 15, 2017 By Contributor

Trigger Warning – Rape

I want to cry as I share this, even though none of my story can be considered shocking. It is all too common for people to experience what I have experienced. For so many it is even worse.

My mother was raped when she was 23 while out for a run. She didn’t tell me this until I was in high school. Later I found out the only reason she told us was because my older sister, having heard about it from a cousin, had spent a year thinking she was the child of the rapist (which she was not). I didn’t fully understand the implications of my mother’s story at the time. I felt confusion and anger, which only made me more confused. My mother not only survived the assault, she has thrived and is the strongest person I know. Though she continues to cope with PTSD, she has fully moved on with her life. But I haven’t. It’s been 10 years since she told me. Sometimes I feel like it happened yesterday. I can’t watch movies with rape scenes, I can’t even say the word “rape” out loud. Typing it is easier.

I feel an almost uncontrollable, black and red rage when I am faced with what the majority of women experience: street harassment. Especially when exercising. Fitness is my passion, and is what I consider to be my “safe, happy place”. Yet while running I have been cat-called, stared at, followed for eight blocks by a car filled with jeering men. I’ve read hundreds of stories of other women being blocked, threatened, followed, assaulted or even murdered while exercising. My friend was chased by a 13-year-old boy who hit her on the ass with a stick once he caught her. My other friend was groped while running with me, and after I chased the man (let’s say ‘boy’) he was shocked by the confrontation and said, “It’s okay because I’m gay!”

While traveling, I admit to being intimidated into working out indoors. I feel shame and anger when I do this, thinking I should be brave enough. I’ve been followed by a strange man down a street in broad daylight. I’ve had my ass pinched, slapped, or grabbed at least three times in recent memory. I’ve been called “hey, baby” by strangers in several languages depending on what country I’m in, told how good I look “in those shorts” and that I shouldn’t be offended because he was just “talking to me and giving me a compliment”. I’ve had my knee caressed by a stranger walking past me in a bar, right in front of my male date. Who did nothing. I did nothing – I felt like I missed my opportunity and was almost not even surprised. Even though I try to react in the moment, even though I try to block it all out and stay positive, my night is always ruined. It triggers memories and feelings that aren’t mine – I feel a terrible, terrible sadness, loss of control, and thoughts of my mother – and feelings that are mine. Indignant, angry, disgusted, confused, as if something must be wrong with me because this type of thing is normal, right? Just part of being a woman? Is it normal to feel like you can’t have one night to relax and loosen up because this lets both your emotional and physical guard down? I can’t remember the last time I felt safe to do this.

Well, I’m done. I’m done with seeing it as normal. I’m tired of “sucking it up” and staying silent. The President of the United States has harassed women and subsequently bragged about it. He was elected. I am tired of having this issue downplayed by both men and women — men out of ignorance or spite, women out of fear that they will be seen as “crazy feminists”, “too serious”, “unable to take a joke”, “rocking the boat”. That is almost the worst part — that women can occasionally feel resistance from other women about confronting this issue. I’m done with dressing down or up based on what I think will help me blend in and not attract attention. I’m tired of reading advice for female travelers that they can control the dial of harassment by what they wear. It just isn’t true.

I don’t know if anyone has had the exact same experiences. But I know I’m not alone in having the shitty feelings in the wake of harassment. Reactions and coping mechanisms take many forms and I’m only beginning to understand them. What I hate to see is women avoiding exercise altogether out of fear (I know I have), and I hope to help change this. My mother has competed in 4 marathons, including the Boston, since the assault, and runs 6 miles every day. I am so proud to know her. If she can keep running, I will too and hope other women will as well! I’m grateful to read about the activists taking a stand.

I’m also grateful to Runner’s World for publishing their recent article “Running While Female” and to Holly Kearl for her books and blog. I plan to start my own as I continue to live my privileged, love-filled life, and hope I can pay it forward and make a difference. I want to join the movement.

Optional: What’s one way you think we can make public places safer for everyone?

Make “No Harassment” signs as common as speed limit signs, no smoking signs, children at play signs. Educating young boys and girls, as well as men, about what being a man means and how to confront your friends when they harass women.

– AJD

Location: California, Scotland, Spain, Thailand – street, parking lot,

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“I feel as though I’m the one who was wrong”

June 13, 2017 By Contributor

Well, It was 4 days ago and was a normal day as any other but while taking a via bus this strange, old man got on. However at the time I didn’t think anything of it. He then started shouting that he needed sugar because he was a diabetic and when he got some he settled down.

I got off the bus and sat at a stop to wait for my second bus. He followed me and sat next to me and again I didn’t think anything of it. I just wanted to go home. He started talking to me and telling me that i had to talk to him or he would go into a coma, I was scared and just wanted to be at home. I then told him the bus was coming soon and if he really needed help to go into a store and tell them what was happening.

He ignored me and told me about how he had been in jail for four days and proceeded to call me sugar and kiss my bare arm. I completely froze. I didn’t know what to do and he kept touching my arms and trying to hold my hands. At this point I was terrified. I finally came to and told him I was late for work and shot up although this didn’t stop his advances as he shouted “wow” and swung his arm back at an attempt to slap my butt. I panicked and in a split second screamed no and ran.

On my way home all I wanted to do was cry. I felt disgusted with myself. I felt like an object and all I kept thinking was how I let it happen and I was the one at fault because I hadn’t stopped it sooner. I felt like it was my fault because I didn’t immediately say no. It took me a moment or two to convince myself that I didn’t do anything wrong, but it’s still something that’s hard for me to grasp. Even now as I’m writing this I feel as though I’m the one who was wrong.

– E.S.

Location: San Antonio via bus station

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Indonesia: Stand Up Against Street Harassment

June 12, 2017 By Correspondent

Astrid Nikijuluw, Serpong, Banten, Indonesia SSH Blog Correspondent

(English version below)

Bulan Juni di Indonesia (dan Negara-negara lainnya) umat Muslim merayakan bulan Suci Ramdhan.  Pada bulan ini mereka berpuasa selama satu bulan penuh sampai datangnya hari kemenangan yaitu Idul Fitri.  Bulan Ramadhan  disebut sebagai bulan penuh berkah sehingga banyak digunakan untuk meningkatkan amal dan ibadah.  Namun sayangnya beberapa prilaku buruk tetap tidak berubah.

Minggu lalu ketika saya sedang berjalan menuju rumah dari salah satu mini market, ada sebuah kejadian yang sangat mengganggu.  Kebetulan di depan saya berjalan dua anak remaja perempuan mengenakan jilbab/hijab.  Ketika melewati kerumunan (sekitar 4-5 orang) laki-laki, tiba-tiba perlakuan yang meresahkan itu muncul lagi.  Salah satu dari mereka bersiul nakal pada kedua remaja perempuan tersebut.  Dan temannya menyapa dengan nada menggoda “Assalamualaikum mbak, lagi puasa ya? Nanti buka bareng yuk..”  Sementara yang lainnya ikut tertawa-tawa.  Saya sungguh kesal sekali melihat tingkah itu.  Buat saya kelakuan mereka sangat melecehkan dan tidak menghargai para remaja wanita itu.  Salah satu dari remaja itu menoleh dan dari bahasa tubuhnya hendak melabrak/memarahi para lelaki kurang ajar tersebut, namun temannya menarik tangannya untuk segera berjalan menjauhi para lelaki itu.  Dan kembali mereka tertawa seraya salah satu berkata “Lagi puasa nggak boleh marah-marah lho mbak, nanti pahalanya berkurang.”  Apa?!  Bagaimana mereka bisa berbicara mengenai pahala di bulan puasa tetapi kelakuan mereka sendiri sama sekali tidak mencerminkan spirit dari berpuasa dan beribadah di bulan Ramadhan.  Saya sendiri tidak sampai berjalan melewati mereka karena arah rumah saya berbelok di jalan pas sebelum mereka berkumpul.  Walaupun di dalam hati kecil saya ingin juga lewat dan seandainya mereka melakukan hal yang sama, well you’re messing with the wrong girl! Namun saya ingat kalau saya sedang berjalan dengan keponakan laki-laki saya, sehingga saya lebih berpikir untuk memberikan contoh dari kejadian yang dia juga baru saksikan.

Sampai dirumah saya masih tidak habis pikir. Apa sebenarnya yang ada di benak para lelaki tersebut sehingga berbuat sampai sebegitu jauhnya.  Bagaimana bila hal yang sama terjadi pada saudara perempuan mereka, pacar mereka atau bahkan ibu mereka. Apakah mereka akan bersikap santai saja? Saya jadi berpikir mungkin mereka kurang diajarkan untuk menghargai wanita sepenuhnya. Akhirnya saya pun mengalihkan rasa amarah dan kesal saya kepada keponakan saya dengan cara berdiskusi mengenai kejadian tersebut. Intinya saya menjelaskan bahwa prilaku seperti ini sangat tidak terpuji dan menimbulkan efek psikologis yang tidak baik terhadap korban. Dan yang paling penting adalah hal itu mencerminkan rendahnya penghargaan terhadap wanita.  Mungkin mereka bisa berdalih “Ah itu kan hanya bercanda, tidak serius, nggak usah lebay deh.” Well, ini Serius! Kalau hal seperti ini saja dianggap remeh maka tidak heran kasus-kasus yang lebih complex mengenai sexual harassment akan semakin meningkat. Menurut data dari Komnas Perempuan, terjadi 259.150 kasus pelecehan seksual yang ditangani selama tahun 2016 dan tersebar di 34 propinsi di Indonesia. Itu yang dilaporkan, dan saya yakin masih banyak sekali yang belum dilaporkan.

Kembali ke soal tadi, saya juga mencoba menyoroti dari sisi si korban. Dari kedua orang tersebut terdapat dua reaksi yang berbeda. Yang satu stand-up dan melawan, sedangkan yang lainnya lebih memilih untuk mendiamkan. Yang akhirnya si pelawan mengikuti temannya karena sedang menjalankan ibadah puasa, sehingga harus menahan nafsu amarah. Buat saya to stand up against that behavior adalah sangat penting terlepas dari agama apapun dan ritual ibadah yang sedang dijalankan. Bukan berarti dengan melawan kita tidak menjalankan ibadah dengan baik, namun kita menunjukkan bahwa prilaku tersebut salah dan tidak bisa dibiarkan. Bukankah kalau kita membiarkan sama saja secara tidak langsung kita ‘mendukung’ prilaku tersebut berlangsung terus-menerus? Dalam hal ini saya juga tidak menganjurkan dengan cara kekasaran, namun setidaknya mereka mengerti kalau kita tidak suka diperlakukan seperti itu! Itu adalah kelakuan yang tidak menyenangkan bahkan cenderung menjijikan.  Langkah yang diambil dari dua remaja tersebut menurut saya mencerminkan sikap sebagian besar korban street harassment.  Ada yang sudah mau melawan namun ada juga yang masih bersifat ‘membiarkan’ dengan permakluman.  Seperti tulisan saya bulan lalu, susahnya dari street harassment ini masih banyak yang kurang/tidak sadar.  Sekali lagi, menjadi bagian prilaku ‘sehari-hari yang dimaklumi’.  Padahal bisa kita liat akibatnya, bahkan di bulan suci Ramadhan, bulan baik dimana seharusnya dipergunakan untuk memperbanyak ibadah, prilaku ini pun masih terjadi dengan pelaku yang tidak merasa ‘bersalah’ dalam melakukannya.  Sungguh merupakan kenyataan yang membuat frustasi.

Saya berharap semakin banyak orang yang sadar akan street harassment adalah tindakan yang tidak pantas dilakukan dan selanjutnya bersikap untuk melawan tindakan tersebut.  Selain itu sebagai orang tua, kita juga perlu memberikan pengertian kepada anak-anak kita sejak dini baik anak perempuan agar tidak menjadi korban sia-sia maupun anak laki-laki agar kelak tidak menjadi pelaku dari street harassment tersebut.

Astrid received her Bachelors of Business at Queensland University of Technology Brisbane Australia. She finished her Master’s Degree at Gadjah Mada University Yogyakarta where she majored in Human Resource Development. Follow her on Twitter at @AstridNiki or on Facebook.

This June, in Indonesia (and other countries, too) the Moslem people are celebrating the Holy Ramadhan. During this period, they are fasting for 30 days until the celebration of Eid Al-Fitr. It is to be said that the Ramadhan month is full of mercy and blessings and therefore many Moslems are enhancing their worship and charity. Unfortunately, some bad behaviors still have not changed at all.

Last week, I was walking toward my home from a mini-market, when I saw a very disturbing incident. In front of me were two teenage girls, wearing hijab. When they walked through a crowd of men (about 4-5 men), one of them whistled at them, while the other said to them in an improper way, “Assalamualaikum, you both are fasting aren’t you? Let’s go break fasting together later.”

The others were laughing and continued to whistle. I was so pissed and angry seeing that scene in front of me. For me, their behavior was so disrespectful to the teenagers. One of the teenagers turned her head to those guys and from her body language, it seemed that she was going to say something to them. However, her friend, who was also the victim, pulled her hand and made her keep walking. And those guys ungratefully laughed again and one of them said, “You are not allowed to be pissed during fasting, otherwise you would lessen the reward of your fasting.”

WHAT?! How come they talked about rewards during the fasting month but their attitude was not reflecting the spirit of Ramadhan at all? I myself did not walk past them because I had to turn left to my street home, just around the corner of their position. Deep down inside my heart I was just wondering what if I walked passed them and they did the same thing to me? Well, they would be messing with the wrong girl, for sure. I was walking with my nephew though, so instead of getting angry, I decided to talk to him about the scene that he also witnessed.

As I arrived home, I still could not stop thinking about those guys. What were they thinking of behaving like that? How about if this kind of thing happened to their sister, or girlfriend, or mother? Would they sit back and relax? Therefore, I think maybe they were not taught enough about how to treat women respectfully.

Then I entered a discussion with my nephew about it. The point is, I explained to him, that this attitude was not commendable and can cause a psychological effect on the victim. And the most important thing is that it represents low-respect toward women.

Perhaps men quibble by saying something like, “Ah come on, it’s only a joke, nothing serious, don’t overreact.”

Well it is SERIOUS! If this kind of behavior were considered ‘nothing serious’ then no wonder the more complex cases of sexual harassment is increasing. Based on the data from KOMNAS PEREMPUAN (National Commission On Violence Against Women), in 2016 there were 259,150 cases of sexual harassment spread across 34 provinces in Indonesia. They were only reported cases and I am pretty sure that there were still many cases that had not been reported.

Back to the story, I was trying to highlight from the victim’s side.  From the two of them, I saw two different reactions. One who stood up against it and the other who kept silent and let it go. The one who would stand up finally gave up and followed the silent one. I was sure that the main reason is because they were fasting and holding anger is one of the most important things. However for me, to stand up against that behavior is necessary no matter what religion or ritual that you currently are doing. It does not mean that by resisting it we do not perform our religion ritual well, instead we are showing them that their behavior is wrong and cannot be accepted. If we do nothing continuously, we indirectly ‘support’ this attitude. I do not suggest using violence or cruelty, but at least let them know that we do not like to be treated that way and that it’s inappropriate and disgusting behavior!

The way the teenagers reacted in this case reflected the reaction from most of the victims of street harassment. There are some who are ready to stand up against it and there are also some who are still silent and tend to ‘let go’ with the thought of it being ‘understandable behavior’ (last month my article highlighted that many people still do not aware of the street harassment behavior). T

Even during the Holy month of Ramadhan, the good month where we are supposed to enhance our prayer, worship and charity, this attitude still ensues and the perpetrators do not at all feel guilty of doing it. It’s a frustrating fact.

I hope many more people are aware that street harassment is inappropriate behavior and in further can stand up against it.  And also as parents, we must teach our children from a young age, for daughter as though they will not be a vain victim and for sons so they will not be the perpetrators of the street harassment.

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