Harassment

Being 13

I was 13 years old when I first experienced street harassment. I was entering a Café Coffee Day with a friend. And while we were climbing the stairs of the café there was a bunch of young men staring at us. We ignored them and kept walking on, when one of the guys teasingly barked, ‘bow-wow’. Angered by his provocation, I replied, ‘kutte ho kya?’ and entered the café. I felt very uncomfortable after this incident and was almost disordered by what happened and how I retaliated towards it.


Action Shero Anonymous

Place: Jaipur