The latest stage of this project is “Did you ask for it?” Patheja has asked people to send her clothes that they were wearing when they were sexually harassed or threatened on the streets. “Since the common perspective is that women ‘ask for it on account of the clothing they wear’, I want to confront this justification for sexual offence. The clothes will take the form of testimonies that have been witness to an incident. When clothes from different The clothes will take the form of testimonies that have been witness to an incident. When clothes from different parts of the world are put together, the question can be asked again. This is an ongoing project and I am still waiting for clothes to reach me.”
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“In India, the movement to raise awareness around street harassment is also occurring electronically. Blank Noise, an India-based blog run by three women in three different cities, encourages reader participation in documenting accounts of "eve teasing," the Indian equivalent of street harassment. It is also a resource for coordinating protests and meetings.”.... “The work is an attempt to challenge the misconception that harassment is the result of revealing clothing.”
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