Men have donned the role of a Protector for millennia to such an extent that now they are taken for granted to such an extent their violation of human rights of men is considered as a social service. See this ad below, what will happen to women if men start behaving like this, being exasperrated with the rampant social misandry?
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Recent ads by Zomato portal of restaurants has sparked off fresh doubts on the safety of men in the society. Abuse of men is so rampant in the society that it is - "Too obvious to be as good as oblivious". This is clearly evident from the inaction of the society on married men topping the list of suicides year over year. Being consistent with the existing male hatred in the society, Zomato has come up with an ad campaign for promoting their new-year bashes wherein, in every ad the husband/boyfriend is slapped by his woman and this is being projected as form of acceptable social treatment towards men. However, in reality the ad is highly sexist in nature and needs not only to be taken off-air but Info Edge, the Venture Capitalists behind Zomato Group must be taken to task for sponsoring promulgation of male hatred in the society.
Look at the ads below for yourself and decide - "Do you want your sons/brothers to be treated like this?"
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News 9 recently conducted a live debate on “Should men be protected from Sexual Harassment at Workplace under the upcoming Sexual Harassment Bill. Men’s Rights Activists from Bengaluru presented their views on the same along with citizen’s response. Below are the video links for the same.
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To, THE COUNCIL OF STATES (RAJYA SABHA) Parliamentary Standing Committee on Human Resource Development
Sub: Views on the current draft of the proposed “Protection of Women against Sexual Harassment at Workplace Bill, 2010
Views and Reservations:
We have the following views about the Bill:-
No Locus Standi for the WCD ministry to draft the bill: The bill, at hand, has been drafted by the Honorable Union Ministry of Women and Child Development, henceforth referred to as the WCD ministry. However, the WCD ministry has no locus standiin drafting this bill.
The WCD ministry cannot take refuge under the Article 15(3) of the Constitution of India and violate the essence of the main article i.e. Article 15 which prohibits any form of discrimination based on age, caste or gender. If that had been the case the Constitution of India would be rendered self-contradictory.
When the WCD ministry had sought public opinion about the bill, the general reflection of the citizenry was that the bill must be gender neutral. However, for reasons best known to them, the WCD ministry chose to override the general public opinion and drafted a bill that is gender biased and against the general public opinion. The justification given by them, when asked in an application filed under the Right to Information Act, 2005, was that, “Protection of men does not come under their mandate.” The justification in itself is valid; however, it does not give the WCD ministry, a right to draft a bill which may affect men adversely as well. If protecting men does not come under their mandate, nor does attacking men come under their mandate.
Sub: Complaint against sexist anti-male ad campaign designed by DC Foodiebay Online Services Pvt. Ltd.
Respected Sir/Madam,
Honorable Chairman,
DC Foodiebay Online Services Pvt. Ltd. operates an online food guide through its website www.zomato.com. It provides restaurant directory, and menu-pages Website for customers to dine out or order food in Delhi NCR, Mumbai, Kolkata, Pune, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Chennai, Ahmedabad, Jaipur, and Chandigarh. The address of this company along with the key contact person is as under
Govt. of Maharashtra has proposed an upcoming bill for division of assets in marriage. Forwarding a bill for “Equal rights for women in husband’s assets” and terming it as a progressive step, the Govt. of Maharashtra seems to be in an uncanny hurry for passing this bill as it plans to pass it at any cost on the 22nd of December 2011 at the Nagpur Assembly.
Let us see, what this bill means. Before that, let’s see what is the definition of dowry as per law.
“The word ‘dowry’ should be any property or valuable given or agreed to be given in connection with the marriage.”
Standing Committee on the Human Resources Development
The Council of States (The Rajya Sabha)
New Delhi - 110001
These questions were sent by the HRD Committee on the Sexual Harassment at Workplace Bill that had come up during the discussion and were left unaddressed due to lack of time. The reply that was sent from the men's rights organizations.
a. Sexual Harassment results in violation of the fundamental rights of a woman to equality under Article 14 and 15 of the Constitution and her rights to life and to live with dignity under Article 21 and right to practice any profession/occupation/trade/business which includes a right to a safe environment free from sexual harassment.
b. Guidelines providing protection to women against Sexual Harassment at workplace laid down by Supreme Court in the case of Vishakha & Ors. Vs. State of Rajasthan & Ors. [1997 (7) SC (323)]
c. Article 11 of the Convention on Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women to which India is a party requires state parties to take all appropriate measures to eliminate discrimination against women in the field of employment
What are your views on the above facts? Is it not obligatory on the part of the Government to enact a suitable legislation based on the Supreme Court guidelines given in Vishakha case?
Deccan Herald carried an article titled, "In coping with stress, men could be the weaker sex"; a couple of weeks back, highlighting the abysmally and consistently high suicide rates amongst married men and the need and reasons to look into the same. The article was based on recently released suicide statistics for the year 2010 by the Union Home Ministry of India.
Along with opinions from activists working for men's welfare, some psychologists and police opinion was also sought and in that DCP Sonia Narang from Bangalore echoed her thoughts saying that "Male population is more than female population, hence more suicides must be expected."
It was a profound statement made by her elucidating far-reaching implications. It raised pertinent questions like,
As I think about the today's theme - it reminds me of Thomas Edison, the man who invented the electric bulb. He had made a famous statement "Things are 99% perspiration, 1% inspiration"
Same applies to men's rights movement as well. It is a matter of constant awareness campaign and hitting at our opponents and proponents of male abuse. Contrary to popular belief, it is 3 times easier to abuse a male than a female because males have no support structure and male abuse is accepted by the society as social service.
As I have repeatedly mentioned in my articles that cultures have deceived men, acting as vultures. Men have been used as the FREE ATM MACHINE, the UNPAID BODYGUARD, the de-facto PROTECTOR and PROVIDER, etc.by cultures and in the process have been reduced to disposable entities. Their abuse is considered a social service now.
And men, the way they are, are in a great way responsible for this. They rarely challenge or question conventions, traditions, histrionics and stereotypes thrust upon them. They do not feel the need to fight for their rights - only a handful of them are doing though scores are getting victimized. They do not demand for their space in the society and accept things as offered to them.
To this effect, today I take the example of Skandagupta - the great emperor of India. His stepmother has him sent to Ujjain so that her son can be made the emperor. He obeys her. But then the Huns attack India under the leadership of Attila the Hun. The army of Skandagupta calls him back as they needed his expertise.
