Even in today’s world, only women are subjected to moral policing because some men still dwell in yesteryear thinking they can dictate to a full-grown adult how she should lead her life.
Here’s an Ayurveda ‘Doctor’ named Dr. Ranjeet Sharma who is more concerned about the lengths of the skirts of schoolgirls rather than the rising number of creeps in the country.
Taking to Twitter, the doctor shared a picture of school girls wearing skirts and wrote:
“Just a curiosity. Please don’t mind. What is the point of wearing such short dresses in school? Do girls become more intelligent by wearing short dresses?”
The fact that the man was concerned about the lengths of the skirts of school-going girls irked many online. Hence, some people decided to school him for his tone-deaf tweet:
Do they become intelligent by wearing long dresses? What’s intelligence got to do with the length of the skirt? And why are we talking girls here, do boys become intelligent by wearing shorts? But 1 thing is for sure you can’t run in a saree. I talk from experience.
— Panchi (@lyrically_urz) November 22, 2022
Sir, why gender bias? kindly look at the boy as well who also wear the short.
— kapil (@KapilDave88) November 22, 2022
Just a curiosity.. pls don’t mind.
Don’t you have any work?— Diksha Verma (@dikshaaverma) November 23, 2022
These r probably divided skirts used during sports/games.
But can we pls get out of this mentality of short/long clothes for both boys & girls?
When we talk about such irrelevant things, we actually objectify the bodies & that reflects more on our mentality than anything else!!!— Shilpa Adhikari (@shilpaadhikari1) November 23, 2022
In the land which gave birth to Tantra to reach Superconsciousness and Going Beyond the Physical Body, this should hardly be an issue. Women must be free to celebrate their bodies in India, not feel shame and so must men.
— Chetna Kaul (@chetnakaul) November 23, 2022
But everybody comments on “Women” and none on “Men”. I think Ancient India is far more liberal in all those aspects than Modern India.
— Abhi (@Connect2AbhiGC) November 23, 2022
School girl or adult woman, what’s wrong in wearing a short skirt? They know how to carry themselves.
For Gad’s sake, leave it to the individual’s choice to chose the dress code.
— GajRaj (@RajGajj) November 23, 2022
His intention are good but the way he communicated 🤢
“Do girls become more intelligent by wearing short dresses?” this line is triggering and could have been avoided— PJMAN SPORTS (@PjmanSports) November 23, 2022
None of your business sir! It’s between them, their parents/school (for minors)!
No need for taunts like if they become intelligent etc.
You don’t have a say at all! Pls mind your own business and teach your children to respect choice and women! Thanks @girlpilot_ https://t.co/Vhs2csRKxu— Hemanth DP (@DPHemanth) November 25, 2022
What's the point of wearing long dresses either, in school? Do long dresses make school kids intelligent?
As a grown up you have to be curious about their brains, not legs! https://t.co/dKj2BKCofM
— Chitti (@flirtosuffer) November 25, 2022
Paedophilia levels are off the charts. https://t.co/vGFJ16D358
— 🦋 (@UrsulaKPenguin) November 25, 2022
If you pervert can focus on your pseudoscience job & not sexualize kids of your daughter’s age, the world would be a better place. https://t.co/zeLQwxdSVk
— Jas Oberoi | ਜੱਸ ਓਬਰੌਏ (@iJasOberoi) November 25, 2022
Just a curiosity… please don’t mind.
Why do men have to be so creepy with kids?
Do they think it makes men look intelligent by passing creepy comments? https://t.co/H23msL4gxh
— pinkpaisley پنک پیسلی (@pinkpaisley3) November 25, 2022
I have a 3-year-old daughter and I want her to wear whatever she wants to wear. No, no one has the right to harass any girl on her choices. If you can’t raise civil sons muzzle them up. Period #cloths #Herbodyherchoice #Pevert https://t.co/59aZC38yZR
— Sana (@farooquisana) November 25, 2022
You're not curious. You're a pervert! https://t.co/2dAsInk5Db
— Shaheena Attarwala شاہینہ (@RuthlessUx) November 25, 2022
After he was criticized left, right and center, he came up with an explanation saying that it was from the heart of a ‘worried and irritated father’.
This was a tweet from the heart of a worried & irritated father (Me or may be u as well) of a little girl, who keeps on hearing news of rape/ molestation from 3 yrs old girls to 30-40 yrs old girls/women in the news every day
Hence any1 (including me) who has a girl in his/her https://t.co/p1vpoNWbAG
— Ayurveda Monk, The Dr. 🩺🧘♂️🍀 (@AyurvedaMonk) November 24, 2022
In his lengthy response tweet thread, Sharma puts it on the police, the government for not protecting the integrity and sanity of women.
integrity of the girl/women if any1 even tries to destroy her sanity
R we having such a strong & honest society/Government/Police??
The answer is a BIG NO.
In my student life I hv travelled a lot through Auto/Buses/Trains & hv seen a lot of molestation attempts on large no. of
— Ayurveda Monk, The Dr. 🩺🧘♂️🍀 (@AyurvedaMonk) November 24, 2022
He adds that when women are molested in public, no one comes to stand against the molesters.
& if u think that this problem is related with something like literacy/illiteracy, higher/middle/lower society then I would like to quote @palkisu here.#PalkiSharma is a great example of a strong woman and she works amongst a highly educated society.
Read what she says
— Ayurveda Monk, The Dr. 🩺🧘♂️🍀 (@AyurvedaMonk) November 24, 2022
These things happen & I am sure a lot of reporters on the field go through this.”
Now can u plz introduce me with even 1 girl/woman who has not faced or not facing such NON-VERBAL MOLESTATION in daily life??@palkisu interview link attached here.
Ok Tell me, to avoid #Dengue https://t.co/7IiY2UpP7z
— Ayurveda Monk, The Dr. 🩺🧘♂️🍀 (@AyurvedaMonk) November 24, 2022
Comparing molesters with mosquitoes, he goes on to write that we need to cover our entire bodies with clothes if we don’t want to get dengue.
bites by covering your body rationally.
& yes, In the depth of our heart, we all know that THE TYPE/DECENCY/LENGTH OF DRESS MATTERS IN A SOCIETY WE LIVE IN.
SHORT CLOTHES are often seen as ur UNSPOKEN CONSENT by the criminal minded people.
— Ayurveda Monk, The Dr. 🩺🧘♂️🍀 (@AyurvedaMonk) November 24, 2022
Also, according to him, short clothes are often seen as your unspoken consent to criminal-minded people.
I would like to thank all ladies & gentlemen who understood my views (without any explanation) & supported me during this terrible attack.
& this clarification is 4 my friends who were deeply hurt by my tweet on dress length because of not understanding my feelings.
😊🙏🏼
&— Ayurveda Monk, The Dr. 🩺🧘♂️🍀 (@AyurvedaMonk) November 24, 2022
My dear ‘worried father’, how about teaching your daughter self-defense and other techniques to safeguard herself from creeps around her? How about raising real men and not perverts who make the lives of women difficult with their stares and glares?
How about using repellents to kill the poisonous ‘mosquitoes’ rather than suggesting your girl to stay in a closed box and suffocate herself every day?