Mumbai’s municipal council passed a resolution barring stores from displaying scantily-clad mannequins outside city shops.
In a spate of sexual assaults on foreign women in India that have led to safety warnings and a drop in the number of female tourists travelling to the country.
City councillor Ritu Tawde who said that such displays not only degrade women but could also encourage men to attack them.She said: ‘Such people get provoked by mannequins. After all, a mannequin is a replica of a woman’s body. That’s why I oppose it, because mannequins do not suit Indian culture.’
Business officials have criticised the proposals, saying that they will have no impact on violence against women.
I – Word Understanding
Resolution – a formal expression of opinion or intention agreed on by a legislative body.
Barring – means unless there is something else.
Scanitly Clad – half-clothed: inadequately clothed.
Spate – a large number of similar things or events appearing.
Degrade – Lower the character or quality of.
II – Have your say
1.It’s a good idea for women wearing a a traditional sari when traveling in India. It’s also not really sensible for women to hitch-hike alone in any country.Self plan of do’s and don’ts likely be necessary for a lonely traveller especially women.
2.The mannequins have nothing to do with less serious Indian legal system on sex abduction cases.It is no doubt that it will not make any difference. Indians are mutually participating in humiliation and subjugation of women. It is part of Indian society to do so.
3.According to Mayor Toru Hashimoto of Osaka,as he commented on World War 2 comfort women, “sexual assault is bad human culture and they have to be punished to instill that culture. We cannot imprison ourselves with too much dos and donts just to accommodate criminal minds.
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