Twitter Destroys Mumbai’s Principal Who Says Women Wearing Men’s Clothes Stop Reproducing

Several influential people in our country continue to hold on to the unsound belief that women are the weaker sex. They believe that women need to be constantly protected and the best way to accomplish this is by keeping them away from men. That brings us to their second misguided belief, that all men instinctively want to harass women. What’s more, some are under the assumption that simply wearing a man’s clothing could lead to complete gender reversal and PCOD in women!

Swati Deshpande, the principal of Government Polytechnic College, Bandra, has some pretty interesting (let’s say) theories about how a woman’s reproductive system may be influenced by their clothing choice.

 

In order to prevent such “disasters”, she has asked female students to stop wearing shirts and trousers and opt for salwar kameez instead.

 

The news spread like wildfire across the internet. On Twitter, women rose up strongly opposing this principal’s statements.

This in megacity Mumbai.'Female students to wear suitable clothes to ensure tht they dnt start thinking like men&nt lose urge to reproduce pic.twitter.com/jyILpJVtnf

— Priyanka Chaturvedi (@priyankac19) February 7, 2017

 

They even uploaded pictures of themselves dressed in “men’s clothing” with the #DressLikeAnIndianWoman. Check it out:

1. You go girl!

#DressLikeAnIndianWoman @genesiaalves My wonderful #sisterhood, tag your photos in this thread. pic.twitter.com/v1I8XIQNvA

— Rituparna Chatterjee (@MasalaBai) February 7, 2017

 

2. Own it.

https://twitter.com/Womaniya/status/828844921779937280

 

3. Let no one dictate what you can and cannot wear.

Take back your public spaces. Roll on the grass. Wear what you like. Live your freedom. #DressLikeAnIndianWoman pic.twitter.com/Km79kQRHZ5

— Caustic Soda ماہین (@mentalexotica) February 7, 2017

 

4. Embrace your freedom.

Thanks for starting this, I read that awful story. #DressLikeAnIndianWoman — wear whatever pleases you. @genesiaalves pic.twitter.com/cIg775D3Xd

— Nilanjana Roy (@nilanjanaroy) February 7, 2017

 

5. And dress however you choose.

https://twitter.com/SanahRizvi/status/828892319847845889

 

6. Without fear.

Wear Watever Pleases You #DressLikeAnIndianWoman pic.twitter.com/gIxCISlAr5

— Roshni (@badmaashrosh) February 7, 2017

 

7. Or embarassment.

Here you go @MasalaBai ! My contribution to #dresslikeanIndianwoman #girlpower pic.twitter.com/DrieQLCutD

— Seema Goswami (@seemagoswami) February 7, 2017

 

8. Or care.

#dresslikeanIndianwoman

Inspired by the very fabulous @genesiaalves pic.twitter.com/YYA3szszfb

— Bah (@Bahandhumbug) February 7, 2017

 

9. Or any small-minded, unfounded, utterly ridiculous assumptions.

here you go. pic.twitter.com/sEv0tO6mup

— Sanghamitra C (@thesanghamitra) February 7, 2017

 

10. Yeah, I’m confused about that bit too. 😛

https://twitter.com/hankypanty/status/828894312679157760

If this “theory” holds, I feel terrible for all the crossdressers on ‘The Kapil Sharma Show’.

 

Moreover, under Ms Deshpande’s direction, the college has introduced a segregated seating for male and female students in the college canteen. 

Apparently, this is the best way to prevent men from harassing women in college.

 

She reasoned that this step was to prevent former students from harassing girls in the canteen.

“Former students enter the campus and create a ruckus in the canteen, they misbehave with girls.”

In fact, one such incident got so serious that it had to be reported to the police.

The whole concept of segregation of the sexes simply reinforces the belief that all men are innate harassers and all women need to be protected from them. Instead of implementing such a policy, why not work on educating the students about harassment?

Furthermore, this tends to shift the blame entirely on the woman if she’s ever a victim of harassment. “Who asked you to go to that side of the canteen? It’s your fault.”

News Source: The Huffington Post, Indian Express