Devika Dileep
3 min readAug 23, 2023

ITS OUR DUTY TO PROTECT OURSELVES.

BEING A GIRL OR WOMEN IS NOT AT ALL AN EASY TASK I THINK. HAVE YOU ALL EVER THOUGHT ABOUT TRAUMA LEFT IN A PERSON WHO GET ABUSED? EVER THOUGHT ABOUT A PERSON WHO ARE STILL CONFUSED ABOUT THEIR STATE TRYING TO MAKE YOUR MIND THAT THEY ARE NOT GETTING ABUSED? IT IS A NECESSITY TO STAND UP AND SPEAK FOR THE WEAK , WHO KEEP SILENT ABOUT THEIR WOUNDS . SOME REALISATIONS LEFT IN MY LIFE IS KEEPING ME TO WRITE THIS NOTE.

I AM KEEPING WRITE THIS ONE FOR ALL THE PERSONS , IRRESPECTIVE OF GENDER TO MAKE YOU AWARE ABOUT THE CONSENT AND THE RIGHT ON YOUR BODY. OUR BODY IS OUR OWN SPACE, ANY UNCOMFORTABLE TOUCH, HOLD OR ANYTHING IN YOUR BODY IS A THING THAT NEEDED TO BE REACTED. MANY GIRLS AND WOMEN ARE GETTING ASSAULTED DURING THEIR DAY TO DAY LIFE. WHETHER IT IS PUBLIC TRANSPORT,WORK PLACES, COLLAGE, SCHOOLS THE STRUGGLE IS NOT ENDING. THERE ARE INCIDENTS WHERE PEOPLE REACTS WHICH NEEDED TO BE APPRECIATED BUT STILL THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO KEEP EVERYTHING HIDDEN AND SUFFER UNDER SILENCE IS NOT A LITTLE. I KEEP THINKING WHAT IS THE REASON BEHIND ALL THESE SILENCES? FEAR. AFRAID OF WHAT OTHERS THINK, AFRAID OF THE RELATIONS THAT ARE GONNA BREAK THE SOCIAL CONDITIONING. THE TRAUMA DURING THAT MOMENT. THE THOUGHT OF BEING A SEXUAL OBJECT FOR OTHERS.

IT IS EASY FOR TELLING NO TO STRANGERS, A WAY MORE . BUT WHAT ABOUT A REALLY CLOSE PERSON? A CLOSE FRIEND , A CLOSE RELATIVE?IT TAKES A WAY MORE EVEN TO REALISE WHETHER THEY ARE USING YOU OR NOT. WHATEVER IT IS INTENTIONALLY OR UNINTENTIONALLY ? FOR THEIR COMFORT OR EXPRESSING FEELINGS , IF IT IS CAUSING YOU A SENSE OF DISCOMFORT OR IRRITATION , IT IS TO BE NOTICED. IT IS HARD TO SAY NO SOMETIMES, BUT BEING WEAK IS NOT A SOLUTION. FOR SURE SOMETIMES BEING STRONG AND SAYING A CLEAR REJECTION WILL GIVE YOU MORE PEACE THAN GIVING UNWANTED SPACE TO THE OTHERS. EVEN AFTER THAT THEY ARE NOT REALISING YOU AND YOUR SPACE , THEN HOW CAN BE IT CALLED AS FRIENDSHIP? SHOWING RESPECT IS OKAY, HAVING LOVE IS ALSO BE OKAY, BUT ABOVE ALL THE THING IS GIVE CENT PERCENTAGE TO OURSELVES, OUR BODY, OUR CONSENT. IF YOU ARE IN A DILEMMA TALK TO YOUR FRIENDS, SOMETIMES THEY ARE ALSO GOING THROUGH THE SAME PHASE THEN IT IS EASY TO UNTWINE YOUR EXPERIENCES.

IAM A PERSON BELONGED TO A GENERATION, WHO DENIED TO GET PROPER SEXUAL EDUCATION. THERE ARE BOUNDARIES WHICH NEEED TO KEPT BETWEEN INDIVIDUALS. ITS YOU WHO SETS BOUNDARIES IN YOUR RELATIONSHIPS. SOMETIMES A THOUGHT OF WHAT THE OTHER THINK TAKE US BACK FROM RESPONDING. THERE IS NO NEED FOR SUCH A SECOND THOUGHT, WE ARE REFLECTING OUR EMOTIONS, WHO WE ARE . IT IS THE DUTY OF OTHERS TO RESPECT US AND OUR EMOTIONS. SUCH PEOPLE NEED TO GET STAY IN OUR LIFE. AND ALSO THERE IS NO NEED TO THINK WHETHER WE ARE WRONG OR RIGHT. OUR INTUTIONS WILL BE RIGHT, BECAUSE ALL THAT IS REGARDING OUR BODY, OUR CONSENT.YOU ARE YOUR PRIORITY. YOU ARE THE ONLY PERSON YOU NEED TO TAKE CARE.

Devika Dileep

You are a seeker, an adventurer in your mind. Interested in the power of the woman, in a womans deep strength and creativity. becoming this women.