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Questionnaire on Sexual Harassment in Public Places

 

Please support the Safe Delhi Campaign by answering the following questions keeping in mind your experiences in the last one year in the city of Delhi.

 

1. How do you usually commute? (Tick all applicable)

DTC Bus

Blueline Bus

Chartered Bus

Auto Rickshaw

Metro

Car

Walk
Others:

 

2. Have you been harassed / eve teased by men in a public space (such as market, bus stop, roadside, in the bus/metro, cinema hall etc) in the last one year?

Yes

No
(If no, please move to question 12)

 

3. Where all have you been harassed/ eve teased? (Tick all applicable)

Roadside

Bus Stop

Public Transport

Marketplace

Parks

Cinema Hall
Other Public Places:

 

4. What kind(s) of harassment / eve teasing have you faced? (Tick all applicable)

Verbal (comments, whistling etc.)

Physical (touching, feeling up etc.)

Visual (staring, leering, gesticulating etc.)

 

5. At what time(s) of the day have you faced harassment/ eve teasing? (Tick all applicable)

Morning

Afternoon

Evening

Night

 

6. What were you wearing on the occasions when you were harassed/ eve teased? (Tick all applicable)

Salwar kurta/ kurti with dupatta

Salwar kurta/ kurti without dupatta

Saree

Top with trousers/ jeans

Top and skirt
Others:

 

7. In your experience, harassment/ eve teasing is done by

Individual

Group

Both

 

8. Who harassed/eve teased you? (Tick all applicable)

Unknown person/s

Familiar person /s

 

9. How does street harassment/ eve teasing make you feel? (Tick all applicable)

Feel humiliated

Feel angry

Feel degraded

Feel scared

Feel traumatized

It does not affect me at all

I enjoy it
Others:

 

10. Have you ever reacted/ taken action when someone has harassed/eve teased you?

Yes

No

 

If yes, how? (Tick all applicable)

Retaliated verbally

Retaliated physically. If yes, what did you do?

Walked away

Asked others for help

Asked police for help
(If yes, did the police respond?)

Yes

No
How long did they take?
Others:

 

11. Has anyone ever helped you when you were being harassed?

Yes

No

If yes, how? (Tick all applicable)

Called the Police

Confronted the harasser

Got support from people around

If no, what was their reaction?

 

12. Have you ever helped anyone being harassed?

Yes. Specify how.
No. Why not?

 

13. Do you know that there are laws against street harassment/ eve teasing?

Yes

No

 

14. Many women often take precautionary measures to ensure their safety. Please tick the precautions you take/ your family asks you to take for your safety as a woman.(Tick all applicable)

Avoid certain public spaces. Specify which kind of places you avoid
Avoid going out alone after dark

Avoid going out alone

Avoid wearing certain clothes, which may seem provocative

Carry items such as pepper spray/ safety pins etc

I do not take any precautions as I feel safe in the city.

None of the above.

 

Please fill in the following information about yourself:
Sex:
Female
Male
Age:
Educational qualification:
Occupation:
Colony/area where you reside:
City:
Country:

Monthly family income (Tick one only)

Less than Rs. 5,000

Rs. 5,000 – 15,000

Rs. 15,000 – 25,000

Rs. 25,000 – 50,000

More than Rs. 50,000

One Response to “Questionnaire on Sexual Harassment in Public Places”

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    December 16th, 2006 .

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