Even if you have understood the fact that people should be left alone to decide what clothing they want to wear irrespective of their genders, you will have at least one person in your acquaintance who will never understand this basic concept.
It’s very difficult for them to break free from the constraints that define what men and women in society should do. Freedom of choice and expression comes into the picture according to their own convenience.
And it’s because of these people that students like Pulkit Mishra have to hide their identities and not live their lives the way they want to.
Taking to social media, this student shared how he was barred from entering his college because of the clothes he was wearing.
For the guards, it was ‘weird’ to see a guy wearing a top and a shrug that is only supposed to be worn by females. They also reprimanded him saying that he should dress ‘like a man’. Responding to them, he said:
Mishra was convinced that they won’t let him in. Hence, he asked them if he can wear that shrug completely on his shoulders. But his off-shoulder shrug wasn’t the problem here.
Despite wasting a lot of time and energy explaining the guards, Mishra couldn’t attend his first lecture. Therefore, he called one of his friends and asked for a shirt to cover that outfit.
Despite this turn of events, when Mishra crossed path with the guards inside the college, they gave him their unsolicited gyan that “Ladkiyo ke kapde ladkiyo par hi shobha dete hain.”
The irritated student then calmly pointed out to them that it’s his choice. Moreover, if his parents and the faculty members of the college didn’t have a problem then who is he to judge him?
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People online were irked on hearing about his ordeal and lent support to Mishra.
It’s sickening to see such a mentality prevail in society. But kuch toh log kahenge! Hence, just like this guy rooting to normalize watching men in skirts, we shouldn’t be affected by the ‘log kya kahenge’ ideology. You do you!