Ripped jeans? No, it's ripped mentality
Recently Uttarakhand CM made a bizzare statement where he stated women in ripped jeans set a ‘bad example’. Attributing to an attire of women who had sat next to his flight, he said “You run an NGO, wear jeans ripped at the knees, move about in society, children are with you, what values you will teach?”
He didn't stop there at all, he further termed it as "kainchi wala sanskaar" (scissors culture). Showing bare knees, wearing ripped denim and looking like rich kids - these are the values being given now. Where is this coming from, if not at home?
After facing backlash from all sections, he apologized for his remark but at the same time he still repeated his objection to 'ripped jeans'.
Frankly speaking, the real problem lies in sick and ripped mentality of male chauvinist. It reflects nothing but misogynistic and patriarchal attitude of men towards women.
According to sociologist Allan G. Johnson, "misogyny is a cultural attitude of hatred for females because they are female". It has been manifested in many ways, and sometimes in a violent way too. From online harassment to stalking, verbal abuse to physical assault, unwanted phone call to online trolling, rape threats to acid attacks. These kind of behaviour left them traumatised and made them feel physically unsafe in society.
Cyber stalking is an another extension to harass any girl. It is such a worst kind of situation where anyone could get an access to the address and personal details of any girl from internet. It is scary and nightmare situation for any girl where she even couldn't find herself safe at home.
'Boys will be boys' - every minor offences of boys has been neutralised in society and viewed through this prism. Girls have been forced to face such toxicity at every level, from streets to school, school to workplace. Few examples of such crass stereotypes comment are like - "women are physically weak and need to be protected"; "good women are sexually chaste"; "women who drink and smoke ‘ask’ for sexual advances or presume that a sexually active woman consented to rape".
"Ladka hai, ho jaati hain aisi baatein" - it is most 'overused' generalised statement used by patriarchal society to hide the henious crimes committed by boys. At the same time, it glorifies machismo attitude and patriarchal mindset.
From where such 'outlaw behaviour' get an immune ? Is it from Judiciary?
We have recently witnessed a most shocking verdict where Madhya Pradesh HC judge granted bail to a suspected molestor and order to visit victim's home and ‘allows’ her to tie a rakhi on him. Similar incident happened when a Bombay HC judge gave verdict where she stated that "groping without skin-to-skin contact isn't sexual assault".
These kind of judgement left an dangerous precedent and even unmasking the misogyny of indian courts. But thank God, SC came forward and forbade judges from making gender stereotypical comments.
Is it true that ripped jeans can be caused to injure the so-called indian sanskaar?? The answer is big NO. The real problem lies in patriarchal and misogyny mentality which are inherently biased and hatred against women. It reflects and emulates their sick mentality to the core. Infact it manifests the ripped mentality of male-dominated society. It's high time to reiterate that attires of women are not the problem, the problem lies in their ripped mentality. It's time for men to stand up and look women beyond as an object. Change your ill-mentality. Not women's clothes.
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