Another biased law passed by the man hater/killer Indian government
1.
It is ironical that the Government of India is ready to provide
protection to men from sexual assault but not from sexual harassment.
2. That too, when more than 35 countries includingPakistan
ready to do so and have created gender neutral laws in this area.
3. The reluctance of the WCD ministry in forming a gender-neutral
law and creating roadblocks for the same clearly showcases their deep
inherent male-hatred and such ministries are ineligible to make laws
that can hamper the life, liberty, career and future of many a men.
4. It is interesting to see that in 2007, the citizens ofIndia
written to the very ministry i.e. the WCD ministry, asking that the
law should be made gender-neutral.
5. When an application under the Right to Information Act was filed
to know the stand of the WCD ministry, it had replied – “Protection of
Men is not our mandate”.
6. And now, that there is a lot of opposition from both the society
and the Govt. To make another anti-male law, the ministry is offering
to conduct study of men, while this anti-male law is passed.
7. In Hindi, such a behaviour is called as “thali ka baingan”- one
which does not have any stand on its own. This is the lowest level to
which a ministry can stoop to.
Demands:
1. Stall the current draft of Sexual Harassment bill and till the
time it is not made completely gender neutral, among other demands,
including its title.
2. Disallow the WCD Ministry from making anti-male laws like these.
3. Institute a National Commission for Men to conduct studies like
these that are male-oriented.
4. Institute a Men Welfare Ministry to implement the
recommendations made by the National Commission for Men.
5. Consult men’s rights organizations for including male-friendly clauses.
In case you need any clarification or information, feel free to
Contact :9818789236 (Swarup),9811052770 (Niladri), 9818509406 (Wasif),
9910074914 (Ritwik)
Press Release
Subject: Announcing strong protest against Sexual harassment of women
at workplace bill and first ever Helpline for men facing sexual
workplace harassment
Men’s Rights Association, a men’s rights organization, creating
awareness about abuse of men by society registers strong protest
against a proposed anti-male legislation titled “Protection of Women
against Sexual Harassment Bill”.
Today, 3rd September 2012, Loksabha has clear this bill without any
discussion and when over 35+ countries have this law Gender neutral.
Why only inIndia
any discussion in Loksabha?
We feel that this proposed law,
1. Will completely destroy the workplace harmony.
2. Will convert professional rivalries and jealousies into
frivolous complaints and will become yet another source of extortion
of a man’s money.
3. Will motivate companies to stop hiring of female candidates.
4. Will put Corporate honchos, bureaucrats, politicians and all
male employees at the mercy of women who can simply use (read misuse)
this law to cover their incompetence.
5. Will create further anti-male gender bias in the workplace and
will contribute to more men committing suicides.
6. Already men commit suicides to the tune of 4 times compared to
women in workplaces as per data by Union Home Ministry.
We strongly oppose the gender bias and anti-male nature of this law
and demand that this law should be made gender neutral.
Brief background of the law:
1. This bill has been proposed in 2007 based on judgment by the
Honorable Supreme Court in the Vishakha case.
2. Men’s Rights Association opposed it even at that point of time
and the bill was finally sent to a Parliamentary Standing Committee in
the year 2010.
3. Men’s rights activists deposed before the committee in 2011 and
based on their representation, the Committee recommended the Govt. of
India
well.
4. In 2012 May the cabinet approved the law, without taking into
consideration, the recommendations made by the Parliamentary Standing
Committee.
5. This clearly exposes the double standards of the Govt. and it
also brings forth the fact that sending it to the Parliamentary
Committee was just eyewash and the Government never really intended to
provide men, a safe atmosphere to work in office.
India is an isolated
country:
1. It is extremely surprising that when most of the countries are
moving forward and coming up with gender neutral laws,India
back in time and is all set to pass an anti-male and a gender biased
law.
2. This law is Gender Neutral in most of the countries where it is prevalent.
3. According to a report on Sexual harassment at workplace by
United Nations Economic Commission of Europe, around 25 countries in
and around Europe and Asia like Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, the Czech
Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary,
Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland,
Portugal, The Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom
have policies for Sexual Harassment, that are gender neutral.
4. TheUS
Neutral laws. Even neighboringPakistan
Harassment policies.
Strongly oppose WCD’s stand:
1. Men’s Rights Association clearly and categorically opposes the
announcement made by the Ministry of Women and Child Development (WCD)
ministry made on the 21st of August 2012 that it intends to conduct a
study on the sexual harassment faced by men.
2. However, it also said that the study was a matter of future and
currently the law should be passed as it is i.e. gender biased and
anti-male in nature.
3. It is the same WCD ministry that has gone on record to say that,
“Protection of men is not their mandate” and now that they are facing
opposition from some quarters of the Govt. of India in getting this
biased, anti-male and extortionary law passed, they have started to
make hollow claims of promising to study harassment of men.
4. Whereas in reality, when they have already gone on record to say
that it is not their mandate to protect men, it is very clear that
their intention of studying sexual abuse of men is not at all a
bonafide one and is subject to strong suspicion.
5. This announcement is just a diversionary tactic from their side
so that the law gets passed the way they want it and later the same
can be used to extort and blackmail men at workplaces too.
Sexual Harassment of Men:
Contrary to popular belief, men do face sexual harassment at workplace
and more often than not find unwanted feminine attention overwhelming
and discomforting. Further worse, pervert social mindsets force the
male victims to keep mum.
Some of the common forms of such harassment which males face, from
their female colleagues in their workplace are,
1. Lewd remarks about the dressing sense of men.
2. Bold comments about physique and physical appearance of men.
3. Uncanny close approach by a female colleague towards a male
colleague while trying to discuss some official matters.
4. Calling a male colleague inside a cabin and try to talk personal
matters with him in office hours.
5. Requesting a male colleague to stay back late at night and
accompany or ask for a drop.
6. Female colleagues wearing revealing clothes that make the
professional atmosphere uncomfortable.
7. Talking about sexual matters freely with a male colleague
despite his discomfiture to the same and ignoring his warnings at
times to not to discuss such matters with him.
8. Asking out a male colleague.
These and many other forms of sexual harassment of men, more often
than not go, unnoticed and unreported primarily because,
1. Society refuses to believe that men can be victims of feminine
sexual aggression.
2. Men are socially conditioned to accept welcoming and approaching
gestures from females sportingly and in this process their own
choices, aspirations and emotions are mercilessly trampled.
3. Society ridicules men who are uncomfortable in female company by
giving them name tags such as “boring, fag, sissy, geeky, nerdy” etc.
Such social mindsets often force men to “look” happy in a female
company and it also trivializes their concerns from a male sexuality
perspective.
4. Adverse media coverage and systemic gender bias against men
suppresses them to a larger extent and truth barely and rarely comes
out.
Ad hoc surveys have unearthed truth:
The Economic Times had conducted a survey titled the ET-Synovate
survey, in which it came out that as far as 55% of men feel that they
faced sexual harassment from the female colleagues and bosses and they
need protection. The survey was covered in 7 cities including
Bangalore , Delhi Hyderabad
First ever helpline for protection of men from sexual harassment:
Men’s Rights Association, fighting for gender equality and men’s
rights is happy to announce the first ever men’s helpline that caters
to men facing sexual/workplace harassment from the colleagues,
especially female colleagues.
2. That too, when more than 35 countries including
ready to do so and have created gender neutral laws in this area.
3. The reluctance of the WCD ministry in forming a gender-neutral
law and creating roadblocks for the same clearly showcases their deep
inherent male-hatred and such ministries are ineligible to make laws
that can hamper the life, liberty, career and future of many a men.
4. It is interesting to see that in 2007, the citizens of
written to the very ministry i.e. the WCD ministry, asking that the
law should be made gender-neutral.
5. When an application under the Right to Information Act was filed
to know the stand of the WCD ministry, it had replied – “Protection of
Men is not our mandate”.
6. And now, that there is a lot of opposition from both the society
and the Govt. To make another anti-male law, the ministry is offering
to conduct study of men, while this anti-male law is passed.
7. In Hindi, such a behaviour is called as “thali ka baingan”- one
which does not have any stand on its own. This is the lowest level to
which a ministry can stoop to.
Demands:
1. Stall the current draft of Sexual Harassment bill and till the
time it is not made completely gender neutral, among other demands,
including its title.
2. Disallow the WCD Ministry from making anti-male laws like these.
3. Institute a National Commission for Men to conduct studies like
these that are male-oriented.
4. Institute a Men Welfare Ministry to implement the
recommendations made by the National Commission for Men.
5. Consult men’s rights organizations for including male-friendly clauses.
In case you need any clarification or information, feel free to
Contact :9818789236 (Swarup),9811052770 (Niladri), 9818509406 (Wasif),
9910074914 (Ritwik)
Press Release
Subject: Announcing strong protest against Sexual harassment of women
at workplace bill and first ever Helpline for men facing sexual
workplace harassment
Men’s Rights Association, a men’s rights organization, creating
awareness about abuse of men by society registers strong protest
against a proposed anti-male legislation titled “Protection of Women
against Sexual Harassment Bill”.
Today, 3rd September 2012, Loksabha has clear this bill without any
discussion and when over 35+ countries have this law Gender neutral.
Why only in
any discussion in Loksabha?
We feel that this proposed law,
1. Will completely destroy the workplace harmony.
2. Will convert professional rivalries and jealousies into
frivolous complaints and will become yet another source of extortion
of a man’s money.
3. Will motivate companies to stop hiring of female candidates.
4. Will put Corporate honchos, bureaucrats, politicians and all
male employees at the mercy of women who can simply use (read misuse)
this law to cover their incompetence.
5. Will create further anti-male gender bias in the workplace and
will contribute to more men committing suicides.
6. Already men commit suicides to the tune of 4 times compared to
women in workplaces as per data by Union Home Ministry.
We strongly oppose the gender bias and anti-male nature of this law
and demand that this law should be made gender neutral.
Brief background of the law:
1. This bill has been proposed in 2007 based on judgment by the
Honorable Supreme Court in the Vishakha case.
2. Men’s Rights Association opposed it even at that point of time
and the bill was finally sent to a Parliamentary Standing Committee in
the year 2010.
3. Men’s rights activists deposed before the committee in 2011 and
based on their representation, the Committee recommended the Govt. of
well.
4. In 2012 May the cabinet approved the law, without taking into
consideration, the recommendations made by the Parliamentary Standing
Committee.
5. This clearly exposes the double standards of the Govt. and it
also brings forth the fact that sending it to the Parliamentary
Committee was just eyewash and the Government never really intended to
provide men, a safe atmosphere to work in office.
1. It is extremely surprising that when most of the countries are
moving forward and coming up with gender neutral laws,
back in time and is all set to pass an anti-male and a gender biased
law.
2. This law is Gender Neutral in most of the countries where it is prevalent.
3. According to a report on Sexual harassment at workplace by
United Nations Economic Commission of Europe, around 25 countries in
and around Europe and Asia like Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, the Czech
Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary,
Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland,
Portugal, The Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom
have policies for Sexual Harassment, that are gender neutral.
4. The
Neutral laws. Even neighboring
Harassment policies.
Strongly oppose WCD’s stand:
1. Men’s Rights Association clearly and categorically opposes the
announcement made by the Ministry of Women and Child Development (WCD)
ministry made on the 21st of August 2012 that it intends to conduct a
study on the sexual harassment faced by men.
2. However, it also said that the study was a matter of future and
currently the law should be passed as it is i.e. gender biased and
anti-male in nature.
3. It is the same WCD ministry that has gone on record to say that,
“Protection of men is not their mandate” and now that they are facing
opposition from some quarters of the Govt. of India in getting this
biased, anti-male and extortionary law passed, they have started to
make hollow claims of promising to study harassment of men.
4. Whereas in reality, when they have already gone on record to say
that it is not their mandate to protect men, it is very clear that
their intention of studying sexual abuse of men is not at all a
bonafide one and is subject to strong suspicion.
5. This announcement is just a diversionary tactic from their side
so that the law gets passed the way they want it and later the same
can be used to extort and blackmail men at workplaces too.
Sexual Harassment of Men:
Contrary to popular belief, men do face sexual harassment at workplace
and more often than not find unwanted feminine attention overwhelming
and discomforting. Further worse, pervert social mindsets force the
male victims to keep mum.
Some of the common forms of such harassment which males face, from
their female colleagues in their workplace are,
1. Lewd remarks about the dressing sense of men.
2. Bold comments about physique and physical appearance of men.
3. Uncanny close approach by a female colleague towards a male
colleague while trying to discuss some official matters.
4. Calling a male colleague inside a cabin and try to talk personal
matters with him in office hours.
5. Requesting a male colleague to stay back late at night and
accompany or ask for a drop.
6. Female colleagues wearing revealing clothes that make the
professional atmosphere uncomfortable.
7. Talking about sexual matters freely with a male colleague
despite his discomfiture to the same and ignoring his warnings at
times to not to discuss such matters with him.
8. Asking out a male colleague.
These and many other forms of sexual harassment of men, more often
than not go, unnoticed and unreported primarily because,
1. Society refuses to believe that men can be victims of feminine
sexual aggression.
2. Men are socially conditioned to accept welcoming and approaching
gestures from females sportingly and in this process their own
choices, aspirations and emotions are mercilessly trampled.
3. Society ridicules men who are uncomfortable in female company by
giving them name tags such as “boring, fag, sissy, geeky, nerdy” etc.
Such social mindsets often force men to “look” happy in a female
company and it also trivializes their concerns from a male sexuality
perspective.
4. Adverse media coverage and systemic gender bias against men
suppresses them to a larger extent and truth barely and rarely comes
out.
Ad hoc surveys have unearthed truth:
The Economic Times had conducted a survey titled the ET-Synovate
survey, in which it came out that as far as 55% of men feel that they
faced sexual harassment from the female colleagues and bosses and they
need protection. The survey was covered in 7 cities including
First ever helpline for protection of men from sexual harassment:
Men’s Rights Association, fighting for gender equality and men’s
rights is happy to announce the first ever men’s helpline that caters
to men facing sexual/workplace harassment from the colleagues,
especially female colleagues.
