India tells female tourists NOT to wear skirts in an attempt to tackle gang rape

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Here is an instance of a country with a real rape culture but you'll rarely hear feminists saying anything about it.


  • Minister Mahesh Sharma was discussing tourist security in the city of Agra
  • He said female tourists should not 'venture out alone at night'
  • Also said they should not 'wear short dresses or skirts'
  • 'Indian culture is different from the western,' he reasoned
  • Declining rates of female tourism in India after high-profile gang-rape
Female tourists should not wear skirts or walk alone at night 'for their own safety' in India's small towns and cities, the country's tourism minister said. Mahesh Sharma was discussing tourist security in the north Indian city of Agra, site of the Taj Mahal. He said foreign arrivals to India were issued a welcome kit that included safety advice for women. He said: 'In that kit they are given dos and don'ts. 'These are very small things like, they should not venture out alone at night in small places, or wear skirts, and they should click the photo of the vehicle number plate whenever they travel and send it to friends.'


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Tourism minister Mahesh Sharma said female foreign tourists in India should avoid wearing skirts for their own safety

He added: 'For their own safety, women foreign tourists should not wear short dresses and skirts... Indian culture is different from the western.'
 
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