While Mumbai is busy covering up lingerie-clad mannequins, women in Chennai have grown used to their presence, with most being indifferent to them. And some young men even click photographs with them, say shopkeepers.
The Greater Mumbai civic corporation on Thursday banned the use of skimpily-clad mannequins saying it would bring down crimes against women. Many Chennaiites say it's ludicrous to blame mannequins for the growing incidence of rape.
At a time when women are crying 'don't blame our clothing for rape', blaming lingerie-clad mannequins is absurd, said All India Democratic Women's Association national secretary U Vasuki. "If clothing is the reason, what about the rape of an 80-year-old woman in Salem a few weeks ago?" she asked. Reasons for crimes against women are due to several sociological reasons and lingerie-clad mannequins have nothing to do with it, she said.
In malls and the scores of shops in crowded Pondy Bazaar, most women don't seem to have any objection to lingerie on mannequins. Shree Rao, a student at a private college in Vellore, said banning mannequins is unnecessary. "There is no reason to ban them in Chennai. I don't think this is the reason that women are molested," she said.
Twenty-one-year-old Sundari R, who works at a lingerie showroom in a city mall, said she used to feel awkward initially when she saw lingerie on mannequins. "I have been working here for three years. But now I don't feel there is anything wrong with it. And, hardly two or three of the 50 customers we get in a week feel awkward," she said.
Amudhan J, manager of a textile showroom in Pondy Bazaar, has another story. "We, in fact, have more men coming to buy women's underwear. But, most of the time there is no objection from women customers," he said.
There are both advantages and disadvantages with the mannequins, said Suriyakumari Prasad, a retired banker. "It does help customers know whether the shop has what they want. There need not necessarily be a ban but the display could be limited to inside the showrooms because it'll introduce unnecessary pictures into youngsters' minds," she said. ==============================================
Mangalore pub assault: Court denies bail to Muthalik
MANGALORE:
A local court on Friday declined bail to Sri Ram Sene chief Pramod
Muthalik, who was arrested in connection with Saturday's attack on a pub
here.
The Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC)-II K S Vijay sent Muthalik in police custody till Saturday.
The Sri Ram Sene leader has been arrested in connection with the attack on a pub on Saturday by the activists of his outfit who thrashed women and others in an act of moral policing in the name of "preserving culture"
The Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC)-II K S Vijay sent Muthalik in police custody till Saturday.
The Sri Ram Sene leader has been arrested in connection with the attack on a pub on Saturday by the activists of his outfit who thrashed women and others in an act of moral policing in the name of "preserving culture"
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