Image Courtesy: Screengrab taken from YouTube video uploaded by Ufaan.org
In early January this year Fanpage.it conducted
the 'Slap Her' social experiment in Italy. The team introduced boys under the age of 11 to a young girl named Martina and after a series of questions asked them to slap her. Not a single boy did - and their reasons ranged from 'Jesus doesn't want us to' to 'because I'm a man'.
Now Ufaan.org has conducted the same experiment in India with boys under the age of 13.
The video was posted on YouTube this week and is certainly guaranteed to draw a strong emotional response.
In the experiment, the boys are introduced to the girls and asked to high five, make funny faces and say on camera what they liked about the girl. And then they are told to - 'SLAP HER'.
The descriptor posted on YouTube by Ufaan.org says, "Although, no one should hit nobody, with over 65% Indian men thinking that women deserve to be beaten, is it not the need of the hour to teach our boys to respect girls?"
Watch the video to see what Indian boys think about hitting girls.