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Should we have dress code for girls
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Almost every other day, people hear about women being the victims of some horrific crime or the other. In such a bleak scenario, people look up to...
Almost every other day, people hear about women being the victims of some horrific crime or the other. In such a bleak scenario, people look up to their parents and teachers to provide moral support and confidence. But the recent statement by the core committee member of Delhi University just goes to show that instead of supporting their students, they are laying down further impositions upon them. If there is no choice of dressing in a democracy like India, the very words describing our country are put to shame.
Delhi University recently banned shorts and skirts for a field trip for 900 students. While boys were not allowed to wear shorts or sleeveless t-shirts, girls were forbidden to wear shorts, skirts and spaghetti tops. C S Dubey, chairperson of the core committee, made a statement stating that ‘good girls wear decent clothes’.
This issue has sparked an outrage among students all over the country and Hyderabad Hans takes a closer look at what the students and officials of various institutions feel about it. Most of the reactions which we received follow a pattern where lecturers seem to be in favour of a dress code with students staunchly opposing it.
Jeevan Kishore, principal of Vignan High School, said, “Dress code is not really that important. Students can wear whatever they feel comfortable in. The statement made by DU is not reasonable. The authorities must focus on discipline rather than the clothes their students wear.” - Jeevan Kishore
Chandana Arval, a student of Jindal Global Law School, said, “I think that clothes are such a façade. You can't judge someone by the clothes they wear. A good girl wears decent clothes? Who defines what is decent?” - Chandana Arval
Laxmi, a retired professor of history from Osmania University, said, “We need not react if one is advised to dress decently. Because dress is also part of body language. Sexuality is instinctive. Both men and women have natural instinct which can be aroused. Decent dressing can be one of the protective ways to ward off unwanted advances. Exposing is provocative. Gender sensitivity doesn't mean to be offensive towards male instincts.” - Laxmi
Kaushik Kandlakunta, a student of Btech at Gitam University, said, “Wear decent clothes to avoid any untoward situation? This is a new form of stupidity that is on the rise. Let’s have people design the 'abuse-free decent clothing' so that no atrocities are committed on women.” - Kaushik Kandlakunta
Gunjan Gupta, Lecturer, Delhi University, said, “I don’t think a dress code is compulsory. If a prestigious institution itself is giving diktats like this, then the education system is itself questionable. We talk about issues concerning women and good education for children. At college level, if we are giving such orders, what education are we imparting? We should be talking about safety of women on the roads. In such a privileged institution, if they are giving such orders, what would be the future of the youth?” - Gunjan Gupta
Bhuvaneswari, Teacher, Vignan Public School, said, “The integrity of a person matters more than a dress code. The mental condition of a person is very important. In the end, the attitude and inner quality of a person speaks for itself. The dress worn by students should be decent but not alluring or enticing.” - Bhuvaneswari
Purnimaa Rao Sayani, a student of B Com at Bhavan’s Vivekananda Degree College, said, "Dressing doesn’t actually reflect your character. Any woman who clads herself in a saree may not have a good character and any lady wearing a short dress might not be a person of bad ethics or values. A woman is safe if she has the courage and potential to defend herself. A dress does not provide safety to any person.” - Purnimaa Rao Sayani
Amrit Amlan Pattanaik, a lecturer of mass communication at St Mary’s said, “If it’s just restricted to a field trip to one relatively conservative region of India, the decision coming from the university management is fairly smarter as it might be helpful in avoiding unnecessary chaos rooted in the place. But, its adherence to institutional campuses across needs a critical view for what we would be discussing then is moral policing and forcible imposition which I vehemently stand against. Any such idea would be anti-democratic in functional terms and require a larger debate on the ramifications.” - Amrit Amlan Pattanaik
Akhil Varma, a student of OU Medical College, said, “Dressing sense of a girl reflects her personality but it doesn't have to define her. Imposing restrictions on the way a person dresses, be it a guy or a girl is subjugation in its basest form.” - Akhil Varma
Meenakshi, Teacher, Bhavan’s Sri Ramakrishna Vidyalaya, said, “A dress code is important. Men usually don’t stare at women who are properly clad in a salwar kameez or a saree. Then why should they wear a spaghetti top and draw attention of men. Why should women dress abruptly and comment later if anything untoward happens? Why should they blame men for grabbing eyeballs?” - Meenakshi
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