How do you deal with eve teasers?

Leave the pepper spray behind and use these five self-defense tips to handle eve-teasers.

  1. Keep alert. It is imperative to always be aware of your surroundings when you are travelling alone, be it day or night.
  2. Raise the alarm.
  3. Body language.
  4. Use public transport.
  5. Dress appropriately.

What is the punishment for eve teasing?

Under Section 509 of the IPC, obscene gestures, indecent body language and negative comments directed at any woman or girl or exhibiting any object which intrudes upon the privacy of a woman, carries a penalty of imprisonment for one year or a fine or both.

What is Adam teasing?

Filters. (India, rare) The sexual harassment of men by women. noun.

Is Eve teasing a cognizable Offence?

Section 354 IPC [vii] This section prescribes punishment for such acts of accused which not only causes insult or outrages the modesty of a woman but also causes or threatens to cause physical harm to her. The offence is non-bailable, cognizable and non-compoundable.

Is IPC 294 bailable?

Any offence committed under the ambit of IPC 294 is a Cognizable and bailable offence, punishment includes imprisonment for 3 months and fine may also be imposed on the person, depending upon the nature and gravity of the offence committed.

Is flirt a crime?

Flirting is not illegal, but any act that makes her uncomfortable can be illegal and our law is more protective of women and it’s necessary looking at the state of women in our country. In your case, I don’t think it’s sexual harrassment, but at workplace it’s not advisable.

What is Section 354 A?

Sexual harassment and punishment for Sexual Harassment. (3) Any man who commits the offence specified in clause (iv) of sub-section (1) shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to one year, or with fine, or with both. …

Is kissing an obscene act?

According to recent judgments, kissing is not an obscene act by itself. In higher levels of the judiciary in India kissing in public is not universally treated as an illegal act. But it is to keep in mind that if you will not state these cases, then every kiss will be treated as a sexual expression and will be obscene.

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