The Vice President of India???

With two women MPs asking to speak as the discussion on the Arms Amendment Bill, 2019 was wrapping up on Tuesday evening, the Rajya Sabha Chairman M. Venkaiah Naidu remarked that he thought women did not need firearms and that others would protect them.

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/women-dont-need-firearms-venkaiah-naidu/article30271368.ece/

“In my opinion, women don’t need firearms, others will protect you,” he said.

#patriarchy #india #womensafety #womenissues #armsamendmentbill2019

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@musafir Did he really say that? How patriarchy is deeply ingrained in our society that even the most educated ones carry this mindset. It is such a norm that men themselves don't realise when are they indulging in casual misogyny.