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July 19, 2005
Vishy's Indian English Dictionary: eveteasing
eveteasing. /EEV·TEE·sing/. Acts of making lewd comments at, staring at and generally harassing girls walking down the street. In some pathological cases, the distant precursor to eventual sexual assault on the target of these acts. Usually performed at street corners by so-called roadside Romeos, men who have nothing better to do than shower their unwanted and unsolicited attention on girls and women passing by. Like ragging, occasionally happens at educational institutions as well. Origin appears to be from Eve, the first woman according to Judæo-Christian mythology.
Posted by Vishy at July 19, 2005 08:31 PM
Comments
The origin might have more to do with evening than Eve.
Posted by: Murlizee at July 15, 2005 12:57 AM
I don't think so. Eve teasing happens all through the day and is a term applied exclusively to girls and women, never to men. Take a look at http://www.doubletongued.org/index.php/dictionary/eve_teasing/
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