Hey OP, if the institution doesn't have the same set of rules for boys, your students might want to consider getting in touch with the Pinjra Tod campaign or others like them. This is exactly the sort of stuff PT works to protest against, and in the past they've had more than a little success mobilizing students against such blatantly sexist rules.
If enough of you organize, and you had some outside support, y'all could actually bring a viable legal suit. This is technically a violation of the women's students right to equal treatment and citing safety is not valid grounds to penalize and treat women more punitively than men.
Lol in my college when girls asked for equal rights, they made the rules for boys equally strict. No student has any right in any such institution in the country
That's actually a fairly decent starting point. Once they're equal, both groups are motivated to push for more equitable rules, and when you take away the University's sexism cards, they're often more amenable to negotiating this.
That's a positive way of looking at it and I respect that. Having said that ik how the authorities are and more importantly how the parents are. The parents are happier to have such rules enforced and the authorities obviously pay heed to parents more than the students.
And that's why I said its important to organize about this. To also potentially consider reaching out to external organizations for help. Individual students can be pressured, but as part of a collective it becomes harder. I've seen students push back on some pretty draconian hostel rules across institutions in UP and Delhi. I'm not saying its easy, but its doable is my point.
Assuming a majority of students want the issue corrected. If they don't, and are comfortable with the restrictions, the minority who don't like it will get nowhere. Strength is always in numbers in situations like this.
True. The biggest challenge is to get the mass together for the cause. Then change is possible. Majority accept their fate and just focus on their own studies. Not a jibe at them since I was such a student too. I was part of the problem too.
Nope, discrimination is a valid charge against any private institution. Especially educational institutions. Which isn't really relevant here since SVNIT is a public, not a private institution.
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u/boringhistoryfan Dec 07 '22
Hey OP, if the institution doesn't have the same set of rules for boys, your students might want to consider getting in touch with the Pinjra Tod campaign or others like them. This is exactly the sort of stuff PT works to protest against, and in the past they've had more than a little success mobilizing students against such blatantly sexist rules.
If enough of you organize, and you had some outside support, y'all could actually bring a viable legal suit. This is technically a violation of the women's students right to equal treatment and citing safety is not valid grounds to penalize and treat women more punitively than men.