I was about to start this post with the story of the 6 year old Colorado lad who was suspended from school and accused of sexual harassment for kissing a girl on the cheek (A1), or about Farooq Abdullah stating that "men were afraid of women) - unfortunately using the wrong case (Ganguly) as a stool to make a statement (A2) or of the New York Post article which talks about the number of frivolous cases (A3)
Allow me to state the following ab inicio: 1: Sexual harassment and Rape/Incest are the worst possible abominations the human race is cursed with. 2: Rape and Gang-Rape remain common in India. Thank you India for bringing it to Goa. Thank you for nothing! 3: If what the young journo has stated is the truth and nothing but the truth, then Mr. Tejpal is likely to be rightfully found guilty of Sexual Molestation or an allied avtar. 4: But ...what was the so-called 'Potency Test' about? What does it prove? What did it prove? Was it meant to prove anything or a Payback? 5: Are the Indian Feminists OK with that test? Will not ask the wimps for their input. As one who has volunteered for 25 years to provide consultation and serve as a material (as the examining physician) and as an expert witness on countless occasions, I ask: Does this kind of treatment of an alleged perpetrator help or hurt our cause of protecting those who need protecting? 6: And what about the doctors who conducted this test? Are you any different than those who performed vaginal examination on Indian women at Heathrow airport to identify if they were virgins? Say What? ! [A4] I invite us to look at the following scripts of the reported accounts of her alleged encounters with Mr. Tejpal. Tell me where that Potency Test (what ever that signifies) becomes applicable. jc Really do not know WHY these Bhaille come and get drunk and do their nonsense in our, once beautiful, Goa. http://ibnlive.in.com/news/the-complete-email-trail-of-the-tarun-tejpal-sexual-assault-case/436601-3.html Alleged Incident 1 (Night 1) As we made our way out of the elevator of Block 7 at the Grand Hyatt, Mr Tejpal held my arm and pulled me back into the lift. He said - "Let's go wake up Bob" (Mr De Niro) and I asked him why he wanted to do that. I then realized that Mr Tejpal was simply pressing buttons on the lift's panel to make the elevator stay in circuit, preventing it from stopping anywhere, and for the doors to open. At this point, he began to kiss me - from the first moment of his doing so, I asked him to stop, citing several reasons, including my friendship to XXX, my closeness to his family, the fact that he had known me since I was a child, the fact that I worked for Tehelka and for Shoma Chaudhury - who is my managing editor and mentor. It was like talking to a deaf person. Mr Tejpal lifted my dress up, went down on his knees and pulled my underwear down. He attempted to perform oral sex on me as I continued to struggle and hysterically asked him to stop. At that moment he began to try and penetrate me with his fingers, I became scared and pushed him hard and asked him to stop the lift. He would not listen. The lift stopped on the ground floor as Mr Tejpal's hands were on me and could not press the button for yet another floor to keep it in circuit. As soon as the doors opened, I picked up my underwear and began walking out of the elevator rapidly - he was still following me, asking me what the matter was. Alleged Incident 2 (Night 2) When the doors closed, he started to try and kiss me again. I said "Tarun, please, no, just stop," he pulled away, smiled, patted my cheek and said "Why? Ok. I'll stop." I said again "This just isn't right. XXX is my best friend. I had lunch with XXXX today." He smiled again and just for a moment I thought I had appealed to his better sense. I turned away from him, desperately waiting for the door to open (there are only three floors in Block 7 (G, 1 and 2), we were between floors). Within seconds of my turning around, he started to lift up my dress. He lifted it all the way up and said "You're unbelievable". The door opened on the second floor, on Mr De Niro's floor - and he said again - "The universe is telling us something" to which I said "I'm taking the stairs" and started to walk out. He pulled me back in, sensing that I was on the verge of hysteria - by this point, he was totally comfortable physically manhandling me, but sensing my sheer panic, he did not touch me until the lift reached the ground floor. Right as the doors were about to open, he patted my behind once more. A1: http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/colorado-year-suspended-kissing-girl-21161245 A2: http://www.asianage.com/india/farooq-abdullah-afraid-women-351 A3: http://nypost.com/2011/11/02/facts-are-optional/ A4: http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2011/may/08/home-office-virginity-tests-1970s
