I agree the police should have been called and Neelu arrested in the storyline. If someone harrasses someone once and has so little respect for women then they will do it again, especially when they get away with it. It is not enough for a brother, cousin, father to beat them up they need to be held accountable by society and shamed and punished for their behavior.
Since, the show was sending an important message about dowry ( I applaud the cv's for the theme of the show) they should also about the issue of sexual harrassment and possible rape, considering what happens everyday in India and other countries. The statistics are that 1 in 3 women will be a victim of rape in their lifetime. Usually, the perpetrators are someone that is known, the statistics for stranger rape is much smaller.
We need to send a message that sexual harrassment of women is unacceptable and this behavior will not be tolerated!
Society, media and all of us individually must take a stand by teaching boys respect for girls and women. They need to feel that if I treat any girl or woman with disrespect it is the same as treating my mother or sister in that way. Women give birth to us and therefore the respect for them should be increased 10 fold.
It takes talking to sons as a parent and saying that if you are with a group of friends and you see this situation arising, teasing, harrassment or more that you will stand up and tell your friends this behavior is not acceptable and will prevent or stop it from happening. If their is drinking involved the likelihood of these incidents increases among college age.
Edited by sfdiva23 - 12 years ago