Bengaluru girl slut shamed by auto driver for wearing a knee length dress
Though we live in the 21st century, but there are tons of people in our country who are still living in the prehistoric era. People in India will never miss a single chance to comment on someone’s clothing choice.
Recently Aishwarya Subramanian, a Bengaluru-based journalist was slut-shamed by an auto driver. She who was wearing a knee-length, white summer dress and was lectured upon her choice of attire. The auto driver asked Subramanian not to wear such inappropriate clothes, "please don't mind me but what you are wearing is inappropriate".
The auto driver didn't stop there, he also told her that she shouldn't be dressed like a slut.
She was so humiliated and irked by the driver, that she decided to share the incident on Facebook and within no time her post went viral all over the Internet.
Here’s what she wrote in the original post:
This man's name is srikanth. About five minutes ago I got out of his auto. The Metre was 40 but I asked him to keep 50 as it was hot outside. And then he looks at me for a second and says - "please don't mind me but what you are wearing is inappropriate". I stand there shocked. And then I tell him clearly that as long as I am paying he has no right to tell me what I can or cannot wear. Then he gets out of the auto to tell me why I shouldn't be dressed like a slut (I am wearing a white summer dress that reaches my knee). A few men gather as I take pictures. One man who has gathered tells me that the auto driver is right. Apparently a girl who lives in a society like mine should be dressed more modestly and like a woman. I am about to start crying at this point. This is the first time I have been so publicly slut shamed. Thankfully two men who came from a junk food store I frequent and told the auto driver and the moral police that I get to wear what I want when I want. I walk away feeling shell shocked and ashamed. You want to know why we fight for our dignity? Because even the clothes we wear makes us sluts. What is the point in being a girl in this country anymore? I feel so embarrassed. My building's guard was standing right there as these men called me a slut for wearing the clothes I wore. This is who I am. These are the clothes I wear. Everyone else can fuck off. Anyone can share this post. I am done feeling ashamed for being me.
Edit: Since there are those who think I posted this without this man's consent (thereby insinuating that I am the one who's publicly shaming someone). Here's the real deal: I actually asked his permission before taking his picture and posting it on social media! He said that he wanted "his message" out because the country will agree with him and not me. I gave him far more respect than he did me. Please please don't think these pictures exist here without consent. I have it! And given how skewered the Indian mentality sometimes can be, I actually think he has a point when he says that there will be people agreeing with what he had to say.
