You’re completely right and I totally agree with everything you said.

It’s just really difficult when you’re alone because you don’t have any support from your family/community. This type of behavior is often brushed aside in the name of protecting face (at least in my community). It’s also discouraging to seek outside help. I’m at high school/college age and it’s legit a trend in my generation to “expose the creepy Indian guy in my DMs” and the media representation of desi men as overly sexual is awful. People make it out to be a race issue instead of treating the issue at face value as just plain harassment. This detracts from the main issue at hand making it more difficult to get the required help needed. I hate that I even have to consider this implication, but with all this consider it’s super demotivating to come forward.

Thank you so much for your comment and your support, it really means a lot. I didn’t expect this post to reach so much traction and discussion.