Originally Posted by
Keyser
while things like this happen pretty much anywhere in the world, india has been in the news for the wrong reasons as of late....
having said that, i don't think india is unsafe for women at all....i have tons of female friends, clients, family members visiting india all the time & none of them have ever experienced bad behaviour from men here....my wife, sister & other female relatives have never been victims of bad behaviour as well....
i have always maintained that most indian men have this really bad habit of staring....i can't explain what the reason is for this behaviour & i understand how something like this could make someone feel uncomfortable....but in 99% of the cases this is as far as it goes....the remaining 1% are the bad apples who give the rest of the country a bad name....but then again, this is true no matter where you go....
A lot of Indians (males especially) do stare a lot at other people -- probably mostly to see who is doing what or who is who and perhaps this is a legacy of the unemployed/underemployed/bored males out and about (while women were more home-bound) trying to stay sort of entertained in the radio-only-in-shops era -- but there is a segment of that staring group that is not stopping at pulling a Jimmy Carter with their eyes. That is when the lewd comments, groping and other concerns start hitting.