There was uproar at the weekend when Culture Minister Mahesh Sharma said that a list given to tourists at airports advised them not to wear skirts or dresses in India or venture out alone at night in small towns
Sadly, he is not the first - and he certainly won't be the last - to deliver such advice to women on how to keep themselves safe and avoid rape.
Time and again, ministers, politicians and other influential community leaders have been telling women and girls not to wear jeans, short skirts, dresses or shorts. Women have also been told not to go out after dark, date, be friends with boys, or even use mobile phones.
Here's a list of recent offenders: Full story...
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Sadly, he is not the first - and he certainly won't be the last - to deliver such advice to women on how to keep themselves safe and avoid rape.
Time and again, ministers, politicians and other influential community leaders have been telling women and girls not to wear jeans, short skirts, dresses or shorts. Women have also been told not to go out after dark, date, be friends with boys, or even use mobile phones.
Here's a list of recent offenders: Full story...
Related posts:
- Indian minister advises foreign tourists against wearing skirts!!!
- 'Men who stare at women for more than 14 seconds can be booked,'
- Indian village bans girls from using mobile phones in flirting crackdown...
- Zimbabwe women ordered to stop wearing trousers!!!
- Two women have gone on trial in Morocco on charges of "gross indecency"
- "I'm the boss of my body, so I wear clothes I'm comfortable in"
- Bollywood actress Gauhar Khan slapped for wearing 'short dress'
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