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<h2>Breaking barriers: I was gangraped at 24, Sapna Bhavnani tells her story</h2>
Silence among rape or any kind of assault victims is what provide the repugnant and perpetrators flee easily. Silence is what we have to break if we have to benchmark new city, where nefarious crime and assault on women is zero. It is very difficult to share gruesome past publicly but mourning won’t be solution. It will only tear you apart and force you to fall in dark. Sapna Bhavnani is not that familiar but, popularly known as incredulous and quirky hairstylist and her body inked with beautiful tattoos. She also played stint role in Bigg Boss 6 and known for her spat with Bollywood actor Salman khan. It is often seen where celebrities have opened up about their personal relationship but, Sapna Bhavnani tells her story and revealing gruesome incident that happened with her on her post on the Humans of Bombay Facebook page.
When I was 14, I used to talk to boys; drive motor cycles, smoke cigarettes and people in Bandra would often call me a whore because of those things. I never understood the term back then, but sure if doing all those things made me a whore-- I'd take it gladly. After my father’s death, I moved to Chicago where there were so many like me and it gave me the freedom to get inked, experiment with my hair and just be myself. One Christmas Eve in Chicago, I walked out of a bar alone late at night in a short dress and red lipstick. I was 24 and had been drinking, when from a dumpster a group of guys walked upto me and put a gun to my head asking me to give them blow jobs, eventually leading to gang rape. I remember walking home, showering and pushing this incident to the back of my mind for years and never letting it break my spirit – I still wear short dresses and the brightest red on my lips.
In years to come, I got married to my high school sweetheart, faced domestic violence and walked out of the marriage wondering how this could happen to ME, a feminist? It's because sometimes there are things that are beyond your control. We live in a world where everyone stresses the importance of voicing yourself or walking out of tough situations, but I just want to say this— no one wants to be beaten up, get raped or sell their bodies. It took me 20 years to voice my incident, but for me a woman keeping it all within her because she has no other choice isn’t a sign of weakness – it’s a mark of strength and something we need to start respecting."
It is not the sign of weakness and we respect the spirit and gallantry attitude and this will inspire myriads of women and provide them courage to raise their voice and fight against all the injustice imposed on her.