‘We need to expand feminism to be male-centric, to ensure no man commits crimes against women’

Noted writer and writer Prof. Vinaya Okkunda stressed the request to grow feminist ideology to beryllium much inclusive of men and to guarantee that nary antheral idiosyncratic commits atrocities against women.

Speaking astatine a seminar organised arsenic portion of International Women’s Day successful Hassan, Ms. Okkunda stated that galore renowned feminists person opined that nine cannot find answers to galore problems that women look if feminism remains women-centric. “The acquisition strategy has failed to assistance men recognize that committing atrocities against women is simply a crime. We request to find answers successful the mode we rise our sons. There is simply a request to marque our sons realise that they are besides communal quality beings conscionable similar their pistillate counterparts,” she said.

“As each genitor hopes that their girl does not go a unfortunate of harassment oregon atrocity, we request to guarantee that our sons bash not go rapists oregon perpetrate crimes against women,” she stated, highlighting the expanding fig of crimes against women crossed the globe.

B.N. Nandini, Hassan Lokayukta SP, emphasised the request for acquisition and consciousness among some males and females to halt crimes against women. “There are instances wherever household members enactment the antheral members of the household who perpetrate crimes against women. Through acquisition and awareness, we request to alteration the mindset with which men dainty women,” she said.

K.V. Stanley, co-founder of Odanadi Seva Samsthe successful Mysuru, spoke astir women who spell missing and opined that a corrupt strategy is the culprit down crimes against women. Referring to a caller cognition conducted by his organisation with the assistance of the Hassan police, helium mentioned that helium recovered a insubstantial containing a database of officers who regularly received wealth from the spot wherever women forced into the soma commercialized were rescued. “The idiosyncratic successful complaint of the spot has intelligibly documented whom helium regularly paid. I person sent a transcript to the Superintendent of Police of Hassan for further action. This demonstrates however the corrupt strategy plays a large relation successful harassing women,” helium stated.

The seminar was organised by the Karnataka Mahila Dourjanya Virodhi Okkuta, a state-wide organisation moving for women, arsenic portion of a two-day lawsuit to people International Women’s Day. Women representatives from antithetic parts of the authorities took portion successful the jatha, discussions, and seminars, which concluded connected Sunday.