Objectification of women has turned common practice for media houses. Recently there were news items describing about hot beauty of former actress turned BJP MLA Angoorlata Deka. She has strongly condemned comments and asked to change the mind-sets. Now another powerful lady has come up with similar suggestion.
A leading daily has come up with list of India's 'most beautiful' IPS and IFS officers. The list comprises of beautiful officers and the report choose to ignore their achievements and focus instead on their looks.
Merin Joseph, the youngest IPS officer from Kerala reacted on the report and in a long facebook post she made scathing attack. She mentioned that the women need to be appreciated for their work, not for their physical appearance. Her post is going viral on social media and several people agreed with her views.
She wrote "This perfectly sums up what is wrong with the press in India, especially the vernacular press. Shameless objectification of women and propagation of patriarchal structures, reducing a lady's worth to her face value. These are bold and brave officers working in the complex bureaucratic system in India, negotiating their way through the good , bad and ugly of our body politic- and here we have a list of officers whom people can ogle at. It's seriously disgusting, constricting and very very demeaning to our identities as smart, intelligent self made women. Have you ever wondered why we never see a list of the most handsome males in the IAS and IPS ??"
A leading daily has come up with list of India's 'most beautiful' IPS and IFS officers. The list comprises of beautiful officers and the report choose to ignore their achievements and focus instead on their looks.
Merin Joseph, the youngest IPS officer from Kerala reacted on the report and in a long facebook post she made scathing attack. She mentioned that the women need to be appreciated for their work, not for their physical appearance. Her post is going viral on social media and several people agreed with her views.
She wrote "This perfectly sums up what is wrong with the press in India, especially the vernacular press. Shameless objectification of women and propagation of patriarchal structures, reducing a lady's worth to her face value. These are bold and brave officers working in the complex bureaucratic system in India, negotiating their way through the good , bad and ugly of our body politic- and here we have a list of officers whom people can ogle at. It's seriously disgusting, constricting and very very demeaning to our identities as smart, intelligent self made women. Have you ever wondered why we never see a list of the most handsome males in the IAS and IPS ??"