On 18 October 2016 at 10:32, Walter Slaje <slaje@kabelmail.de> wrote:

I was also reminded that the thread is „sexual harrassment“, not „rape“ in the strict sense. This is correct. Might I, with your permission, then add the innocent question why public sexual harrassment in India is widely known as „Eve teasing“?

The vast majority of victims are Indian girls. So, why an English – but not an Indian – forename to designate a crime committed by male Indian youth gangs against Indian women?

The term eve-teasing (note the use of lowercase e) is used not only in India, but in other South Asian countries also (including Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh).

And I believe the term eve here refers to women in general, and is not an English/Western forename or reference to the Biblical Eve. A similar use of the term eve occurs in Indian (maybe South Asian?) English in sports. Since my childhood (1980s), I have noted that newspapers in India often refer to Indian women's team in team sports as Indian eves. I doubt if this usage is common outside India/South Asia. A few recent examples:

Indian eves settle for bronze in Uber Cup

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/badminton/Indian-eves-settle-for-bronze-in-Uber-Cup/articleshow/52358447.cms

Indian eves to get BCCI's nod for overseas stint

https://cricket.yahoo.com/news/indian-eves-bccis-nod-overseas-stint-145203107.html

Sri Lankan eves take on South Africa in inconsequential WT20 match

http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-in-school/sri-lankan-eves-take-on-south-africa-in-inconsequential-wt20-match/article8402950.ece