I studied abroad in India in the late '90s as part of a group of undergrads from different universities. Every single woman in my group, and I mean 'every sing

I studied abroad in India in the late '90s as part of a group of undergrads from different universities. Every single woman in my group, and I mean 'every single woman in my group' was groped or innapropriately touched at least once during the one semester we were there. There were 3 Indian-American women in our group and they were not immune either. One instance I will never forget we were standing at a bus stop in the afternoon and someone just walked up and grabbed my friend's breast and disappeared into the crowd. We also had multiple instances of man/men climbing over the wall of our group house and stare into women's rooms. It sucks. And I think western women travelling to India need to adjust their expectations. When a female friend of mine recently told me she was planning on travelling to India I asked her so many questions and got so up in her business she literally told me to chill out and stop worrying so much. I didn't stop bugging her until she promised to start her stay with some locals until she got better acquainted there. I had an amazing time studying in India and have been back since. I would never tell someone to not go to India. But western women need to be aware that not everywhere is safe to travel without a male companion. Ideally travel with a husband, boyfriend or male friend and dress like the local women dress. Many western women will mistakenly wear underwear(choli or pavada) not-knowing they're supposed to wear a sari over it. Don't do that if you don't want to be groped. As some people have pointed out it's not an Indian only problem.