The suggestion to carry some sharp weapon or repellant is good and applies to every girl willing to protect herself from assault in the present era of unregulated prurient motives. It may be more advantageous for VI girls in particular.
However, one fact which has always struck me is the absence of pockets in the typical feminine attire as a rule, which prevents them having anything handy--on person--be it in case of emergency or not. There may be deep rooted psychological, social, economic, symbolic or aesthetic reasons behind this conspicuous omission, however, in my opinion, it is prudent to design a pocket equivalent in the female costume which would allow them to carry anything handy and fish it out without any hassles like approaching for one's purse, which is the first thing to be snatched in case of any attack! Would like to hear opinions Rajesh. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Shadab Husain" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2006 9:25 AM Subject: Re: [AI] A Burning Issues(replies) > Well, friends > If we are talking about self protection of our visually challenged > sisters, then, in my humble opinion, keeping packets of red pepper > (Tabasco) would be very useful. Whenever they feel danger, they can > quickly take the packet out and sprinkle the thing in the culprit's > eyes. By doing this, they would blind the person for at least fifteen > minutes. Though, it would be slightly difficult to guess the eyes, but > I think that we are quite smart in doing such guessing work! Please > excuse me if it is sounding childish. > > Shadab. > > To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, > please visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
