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                                        Traveling while Female: February 2013
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                                        A blog on street harassment, sexual harassment and sexual assault for women traveling to India, South Asia. Wednesday, February 27, 2013. Why should women come to India? The few attempts to do so resulted in embarrassing near-collisions (on their part—not mine! Fallacy # 1 – a large percentage of men in India will harass women. Actually, in my experience the. I would argue that it is unlikely this harassment was conducted by a majority of Delhi’s male residents. Simply put, India has a huge. Population, ...
                                     
                                    
                                        
                                            
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                                        Traveling while Female: Intervening while traveling
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                                        A blog on street harassment, sexual harassment and sexual assault for women traveling to India, South Asia. Thursday, November 20, 2014. I think a lot about intervention these days: why don't more people intervene when they see injustice, when they see violence? Why does the bystander effect. Perhaps a more direct question to start with is: why should ordinary people concern themselves with intervention? After all, isn't it more. Why should we get involved? Why should we choose to intervene? Likewise, I ...
                                     
                                    
                                        
                                            
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                                        Traveling while Female: May 2013
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                                        A blog on street harassment, sexual harassment and sexual assault for women traveling to India, South Asia. Wednesday, May 15, 2013. Upcoming series of posts: The Five Fingers of Self Defense. Of my dojo’s bi-monthly newsletter,. Which I share here for your perusal. I also wrote an article for the December 2012 issue. As well, reflecting on one of my experiences teaching Self-Defense in Sarnath. In Delhi) called the “Five Fingers of Self Defense.”. Finger is fourth and comes only after Think. Diary of a ...
                                     
                                    
                                        
                                            
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                                        Traveling while Female: Some Common Misconceptions about Harassment in South Asia
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                                        A blog on street harassment, sexual harassment and sexual assault for women traveling to India, South Asia. Friday, January 10, 2014. Some Common Misconceptions about Harassment in South Asia. NWMAF), but also include recent scholarship on violence such as Holly Kearl’s and Gavin de Becker’s writings. This information is meant as a guide rather than a definitive way to cope with or manage street harassment and I take sole responsibility for the information provided. Facts about Street Harassment. Harassm...
                                     
                                    
                                        
                                            
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                                        Traveling while Female: Responding to harassment from acquantainces and professional contacts while traveling
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                                        A blog on street harassment, sexual harassment and sexual assault for women traveling to India, South Asia. Wednesday, July 23, 2014. Responding to harassment from acquantainces and professional contacts while traveling. In previous posts, I've focused almost exclusively on interactions with strangers, ignoring the quite common form of harassment many women face while traveling in South Asia (and for that matter, wherever they are in the world): sexual harassment by. The risks of 'immersion'. There is, h...
                                     
                                    
                                        
                                            
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                                        Traveling while Female: November 2013
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                                        A blog on street harassment, sexual harassment and sexual assault for women traveling to India, South Asia. Saturday, November 30, 2013. The Yell Finger of Self Defense Part 2: De-escalation. In my previous post. I wrote about ways to successfully apply boundary setting while traveling in South Asia. As the Winter holidays approach (and more people are traveling about), perhaps it becomes even more poignant to discuss the second aspect of the YELL Finger: De-escalation. Or any harassment, really. It was ...
                                     
                                    
                                        
                                            
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                                        Traveling while Female: October 2012
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                                        A blog on street harassment, sexual harassment and sexual assault for women traveling to India, South Asia. Friday, October 26, 2012. Openness to travel and trusting our instincts. Given the emphasis on issues of sexual harassment and sexual assault while traveling, I want to take some time to clarify the difference between caution and fear and discuss some general approaches to preparing for travel to countries such as India which are known for sexual harassment problems. Is the rickshaw driver being in...
                                     
                                    
                                        
                                            
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                                        Traveling while Female: July 2014
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                                        A blog on street harassment, sexual harassment and sexual assault for women traveling to India, South Asia. Wednesday, July 23, 2014. Responding to harassment from acquantainces and professional contacts while traveling. In previous posts, I've focused almost exclusively on interactions with strangers, ignoring the quite common form of harassment many women face while traveling in South Asia (and for that matter, wherever they are in the world): sexual harassment by. The risks of 'immersion'. There is, h...
                                     
                                    
                                        
                                            
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                                        Traveling while Female: November 2014
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                                        A blog on street harassment, sexual harassment and sexual assault for women traveling to India, South Asia. Thursday, November 20, 2014. I think a lot about intervention these days: why don't more people intervene when they see injustice, when they see violence? Why does the bystander effect. Perhaps a more direct question to start with is: why should ordinary people concern themselves with intervention? After all, isn't it more. Why should we get involved? Why should we choose to intervene? Likewise, I ...
                                     
                                    
                                        
                                            
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                                        Traveling while Female: August 2013
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                                        A blog on street harassment, sexual harassment and sexual assault for women traveling to India, South Asia. Friday, August 23, 2013. A response to RoseChasm’s CNN iReport. 8221;written by a University of Chicago undergrad writing under the pseudonym RoseChasm. The author’s real name is now public knowledge due to the The recent CNN article. RoseChasm opens her report with the following:. When people ask me about my experience studying abroad in India, I always face the same dilemma. How does one conv...