Women have to go through many tortures in life, eve-teasing and harassment being the most common ones. Some creeps leave no stone unturned to harass women whenever they wear short clothes. At the end, it is the women who are blamed for wearing revealing clothes.
What about those jerks? Why should we set them free always? Today’s incident has shaken us and we have a question in mind, “Why the hell there are such people everywhere?”
Saloni Chopra, an actress, has shared an Instagram post, in which she wrote how a man of her father’s age started filming her, just because she wore a bikini. Yes, he started taking pictures and even filmed her.
Instead of keeping quiet, Saloni went there and started shooting the video of that man, to embarrass him. Yes, in the video, she is heard telling, “This is how some Fu**ers are taking pics and videos of a girl in a bikini”
Saloni could have ignored it, but instead she preferred exposing him. She could see the reflection of her pics in his glasses. As soon as she started shooting the video, the man got up and asked her to delete it.
Here’s the video;
Click here to watch the video directly on Instagram.
“We need to talk about what happened a couple of days ago. I was shooting in a bikini for a scene at La Cabana Goa – my make up hair team applied bronzer on my body & went to wash their hands. I was rubbing it evenly & sitting in the Sun when I noticed a man, easily my father’s age, taking photos & videos of me. I went over & politely asked him to delete them. He aggressively put his phone in his pocket & said ‘get out’. I was frustrated. He then took it out & said ‘I have none’ as he swiped through my photos (I could see them in his reflection, what a moron). I asked to see his phone & he started to yell at me. Asking me to get lost. I was so taken aback by his attitude. Forget an apology, but to turn around & insult me? I couldn’t believe it.
My team stood by my side & we decided if he can take my photos, I can make a video of him too. This video had to end short coz he came too close & tried to grab me which is when the girls in my team warned him that dare he even touch me they’d thrash him. If it weren’t for them, he would’ve manhandled me just to get my phone & delete his video.His friend came to apologize later ONLY so we’d delete the video. I asked La Cabana Goa‘s managing team for this man’s name – but NO ONE helped me. Everyone refused to give it out. They made excuses like ‘oh, he wasn’t really staying here. He was just changing’ & ‘he’s checked out’. Someone even said ‘but he’s gone so let it go’. This is how the hotel’s staff protected him & refused to help me.I’m appalled by how casually people accept this behaviour towards unknown women. Had he done this to someone’s wife or daughter, they would’ve thrashed him altogether, but my independence makes it okay for me to be ill-treated by a man? If I’m not accompanied by a guy, it’s okay for strangers to photograph me without my consent? If I’m alone, I’m making a big deal?No, fuck that. Wearing a bikini in a pool doesn’t give desperate horny assholes the right to slyly photograph me & then insult me!
Such peoples faces SHOULD be shared with the world so you can spot them before they get creepy with you.PS: not sure how my accent suddenly got so Indian when I was angry.”
We applaud her for her bold step. Hope she inspires many other women who are a victim of such things.