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| Maneka Gandhi Says Hostel Curfew |
| Maneka Gandhi Says Hostel Curfew To Save Girls From 'Hormonal Outbursts'
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| INDIA
, 6-March-2017
11:33:55 AM |
| Union Minister Maneka Gandhi, who has frequently advocated gender equality and women's empowerment, today made a statement that left her college-going audience speechless. Speaking to NDTV, Ms Gandhi said early curfew for girls who live in hostels could be necessary for their own safety.
Asked why girls in hostels should have an early curfew, Ms Gandhi said, "At 16 or 17 you are hormonally very challenged. So to protect you from your own hormonal outbursts, perhaps a lakshman rekha is drawn. It really is for your own safety,'' she said while speaking to NDTV at an interview about International Women's Day.
Asked if the matter cannot be solved by tightening security at women's colleges, the minister said, "No, not by two Bihari gentlemen at gate with dandas (sticks). It has to be solved literally by giving time limits for everything.... Give them (boys) two nights to go to the library and two nights for girls -- if you want to go to library, that is."
On being questioned why boys should be treated differently, the minister said, "Yes, so maybe the same deadlines should be there for both boys and girls... Why should the boys be allowed to wander about in the campus after 6'o-clock? Let them also stay in and do their work."
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