Why Is Sexual Harassment? Poem by Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar

Man pursues and woman eludes in love.
Man advances and woman slips in love.
If she resents him, he must stop with that,
Failing which, she can run away from him,
And put such nuisance under the carpet,
Fearing disgrace to her and her family,
Or can shame him by exposing his acts.
Man is hungry yet to follow woman.

Stalking woman comes from perversion.
Perversion comes from starvation.
Starvation comes from deprivation.
Deprivation comes from stigmatization.
Stigmatization comes from sexual taboos.
Sexual taboos come from patriarchy.
Consensual sex must gain acceptance.
Woman must not be stigmatized for sex.
16.08.2016