No seriously, Indian culture is a delicate little thing. A woman’s skirt rides up an inch above the knee and it comes down like a deck of cards. That’s all it cares about – what a woman wears, what she does with her life, how she should be ‘punished’. That is what RESPECTING WOMEN is, you see. No, really. Our politicians, the supposed leaders of the country, are proof enough. THIS is the Indian culture we so fiercely protect. 

“As I said, unfortunately what is happening is a large number of youngsters gather on days like New Year on Brigade Road, Commercial Street, M.G. Road. Youngsters who are almost like Westerners, they try to copy Westerners not only in mindset, but even the dressing. So some disturbance, some girls are harassed, these kinds of things do happen.” G Parameshwara, Karnataka Home Minister

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“You have to keep petrol away from fire. And if there is sugar, ants will come automatically to it,” Abu Azmi

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“Women should refrain from venturing out with men other than their relatives. Such incidents happen due to the influence of western culture and women wearing less clothes." Mohan Bhagwat, Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh.

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“Boys are boys, they make mistakes” Mulayam Singh Yadav

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“Child marriage is a solution to rape and other atrocities against women” Om Prakasha Chautala, former Haryana CM

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"Rape is a social crime which depends on the man and the woman. It is sometimes right and sometimes wrong." Babulal Gaur, BJP

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"Just because the country attained independence at midnight, is it proper for women moving at midnight?" Botsa Satyanarayana, Congress

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"If the limit of morality is crossed by women, such cases will happen," Kailash Vijayvargiya, Madhya Pradesh state government

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“The victim is as guilty as her rapists. … She should have called the culprits brothers and begged before them to stop.” Asaram Bapu

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“Women display their bodies and indulge in various obscene activities. Women are unaware of the kind of message [their actions] generate.” Vibha Rao, Chhattisgarh State Women Commission

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“Ninety per cent of rapes are consensual” Dharamveer Goyat, Hisar Congress

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“Girls should be married at 16, so that they have their husbands for their sexual needs, and don’t need to go elsewhere.” Sube Singh Samain, Haryana Khap Panchayat

“Chowmein leads to hormonal imbalance evoking an urge to indulge in such acts.” Jitender Chattar, Haryana Khap Panchayat

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"Some women wearing lipstick and powder have taken to the streets in Mumbai and are abusing politicians democracy. This is what terrorists are doing in Kashmir.’’ Muqtar Abbas Naqvi, BJP

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"One should not be adventurous being a woman." Sheila Dixit, Congress

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Just saying.