Hairy stockings to fend off perverts?
We debate the pros and cons of these garments...
The creepy, crawly perverts have sure created a furore across the world, with their molestation and rape attempts, which cost many girls their lives. And this fear factor has spurned many to seek resort in defensive equipment like pepper spray. Now the latest in this league is the advent of 'hairy stockings', which have been launched in China recently. Interestingly, this bizarre invention is supposed to keep the wannabe perverts at bay. After the recent Nirbhaya tragedy, some youngsters in India had invented wired, anti-rape lingerie, which give electric shocks to the attacker. TOI asks some of the city youngsters, if these steps will really help in curbing the menace called rape!
Hairy socks are unfeminine...
Deepali Thakur, an engineering student of Ramdeobaba College of Engineering and Management, says: "I feel wearing hairy socks is extremely unfeminine. It will make you a different person, if you suddenly change your style and wear such a thing one fine day," says she, and adds, "but I feel shocker lingerie can be of use in case of an attack by a molester. But, before its use, girls would certainly like to know if this kind of lingerie has any side effects."
It will work
It may not exactly establish you as a femme fatale, when you step out donning those hairy leggings, but they will surely turn off a pervert, says Ivnish Gujral, a physiotherapy student of Lata Mangeshkar College. "That sight I guess will put off a pervert and work as a safety precaution for a lonely girl. And add to it, those shockers of undergarments, I think the molesters will actually run for cover. Those electric shocks emanating from the inner wear will send them reeling," she adds.
Extremely stupid!
The makers of these garments may dole out the promise of keeping the wrongdoers at bay, but city model Siddharth Jichkar says: "I feel this is a very stupid commercialisation of a sad situation! The makers of these products are trying to play on people's fears of rape to rake in big-time moolah. This problem needs a deep and lasting solution. The mentality of the men and society at large has to be reinvented, merely making the lingerie dangerous and ugly won't help."
Totally impractical
Saket Bhattad, a law student of Raisoni College, says: "This is an experimental step. And I really feel it is totally impractical! This kind of lingerie would obviously be very expensive, hence those living in rural and tribal areas will not be able to afford it. Moreover, a large-scale production of these products is not really possible. So, this fad will be relegated to metros and supercool lot only. At the end of the day, it will not bring down the menace of rape in our society."
The creepy, crawly perverts have sure created a furore across the world, with their molestation and rape attempts, which cost many girls their lives. And this fear factor has spurned many to seek resort in defensive equipment like pepper spray. Now the latest in this league is the advent of 'hairy stockings', which have been launched in China recently. Interestingly, this bizarre invention is supposed to keep the wannabe perverts at bay. After the recent Nirbhaya tragedy, some youngsters in India had invented wired, anti-rape lingerie, which give electric shocks to the attacker. TOI asks some of the city youngsters, if these steps will really help in curbing the menace called rape!
Hairy socks are unfeminine...
Deepali Thakur, an engineering student of Ramdeobaba College of Engineering and Management, says: "I feel wearing hairy socks is extremely unfeminine. It will make you a different person, if you suddenly change your style and wear such a thing one fine day," says she, and adds, "but I feel shocker lingerie can be of use in case of an attack by a molester. But, before its use, girls would certainly like to know if this kind of lingerie has any side effects."
It will work
It may not exactly establish you as a femme fatale, when you step out donning those hairy leggings, but they will surely turn off a pervert, says Ivnish Gujral, a physiotherapy student of Lata Mangeshkar College. "That sight I guess will put off a pervert and work as a safety precaution for a lonely girl. And add to it, those shockers of undergarments, I think the molesters will actually run for cover. Those electric shocks emanating from the inner wear will send them reeling," she adds.
Extremely stupid!
The makers of these garments may dole out the promise of keeping the wrongdoers at bay, but city model Siddharth Jichkar says: "I feel this is a very stupid commercialisation of a sad situation! The makers of these products are trying to play on people's fears of rape to rake in big-time moolah. This problem needs a deep and lasting solution. The mentality of the men and society at large has to be reinvented, merely making the lingerie dangerous and ugly won't help."
Totally impractical
Saket Bhattad, a law student of Raisoni College, says: "This is an experimental step. And I really feel it is totally impractical! This kind of lingerie would obviously be very expensive, hence those living in rural and tribal areas will not be able to afford it. Moreover, a large-scale production of these products is not really possible. So, this fad will be relegated to metros and supercool lot only. At the end of the day, it will not bring down the menace of rape in our society."
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