Harassment

There is a proverb in Bangla that “Those people who do not love song and flower they are not counted as human being.” I think everyone likes to listen to music and songs less or more. There are various kinds of songs. Romantic songs are also well known. However, when I hear a Bangla romantic song, I feel shame.  Most of the romantic songs which are sang by male singers, usually the description about beauty of women. “ Oi thuti chokh zeno zale vasa padma jato dekhi trisna metenaa. Viru thuti banka thonte purnima chand othe haslei jhare pare josnaa. Ami ai rup dekhe jemon morte pari temni pari ogo banchte. (Those eyes seems floating lotus, I have never fulfill my thirsty by watching it. On the worried curving lips moon rises, if she laughs water falls from her lips. As I can die for this beauty, I can live too)” is an epitome of that kind of songs.  A famous singer sang this song. This song is full of describing a woman’s physical structure. We have lots of songs, which describe women nakedly in a sexual way. I think these kinds of songs are one kind of harassment for women. My question is that when none of female singer sings about any man’s physical structure why male singer should sing this kind of songs?

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