Dress Like an Indian Woman, For the ‘Benefit of Your Ovaries’

A Mumbai college Principal says salwar kameez is better for women’s ovaries. Twitter didn’t spare her.

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What is a woman worth? The strength of her reproductive urges, as per the esteemed principal of a Bandra-based government-run polytechnic college. Apart from introducing an archaic order for gender segregation in its canteen to curb sexual harassment, she’s also planning to introduce a "suitable" uniform for girl students who currently wear the same white shirt and black trousers as boys do.

You see, madam Principal Swati Deshpande thinks salwar kameez will be better for women’s ovaries.

I have heard theories on why girls suffer from PCODs (Poly Cystic Ovarian Diseases) at an early age. When they dress like men, they start thinking or behaving like them.There is a gender role reversal in their head. Due to this, the natural urge to reproduce diminishes right from a young age and therefore they suffer from problems like PCODs

Principal Swati Deshpande

You think the sisterhood would have spared her for a statement like that? It started with journalist Rituparna Chatterjee initiating the hashtag #DressLikeAnIndianWoman. And it’s exploded since. Check it out for yourself.