78 percent Indian women receive sexually vulgar messages every week
India is ranked at number 50 in ‘Best Countries For Women’, according to Best Countries report by US News and Wharton University. Given the history of how women have been sidelined in the country and not given access to major human rights in the name of patriarchy. Among other major things, social media and telephones have become another way of harassment for women in the country. Lewd messages, sexually explicit texts messages, blank calls from strangers, blackmailing and stalkers are affecting thousands of women across India, according to Truecaller. Truecaller surveyed more than 2,000 women aged between 15 to 35 across 15 Indian cities from January 20 to February 22. The company has studied how such calls and messages impact women. One out of three women surveyed reported receiving sexual and inappropriate calls or text messages once a week. Around 78 per cent women received calls with sexual and inappropriate content, while 82 per cent reported receiving inappropriate videos and pictures every week. Spam calls are an addition to the harassment faced by women. -PTC News
