“Girls Who Go To OYO With Boys Must Know Bad Things Will Happen”: Haryana Women’s Panel Chief
She should have just shut up.
Women tearing down and slut-shaming other women saddens me the most than men doing the same. And especially when the victim-shaming comes from women, it hurts like a punch to the gut because you naturally expect your own gender to be kinder and more supportive. But the recent comments from Renu Bhatia, who is the Haryana Commission of Women chief, about girls being responsible for ‘bad deeds’ happening to them has proven that a woman is another women’s biggest enemy. Bhatia gave a speech at a college recently and she said that girls know bad things will happen if they accompany a guy to OYO rooms, and later complain of getting raped.
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Video clips of Renu Bhatia spewing this nonsense in a college in Kaithal have gone viral on social media. She said that girls know that they are not going to do aarti when they accompany their boyfriends to an OYO room. She said that when women accompany men to such places, they know bad things can happen to them. Bhatia held women responsible for the crimes that happen to them.
हरियाणा महिला आयोग चेयरपर्सन 'रेनू भाटिया' का बयान-
'OYO रूम में लड़कियां हनुमान की आरती करने नहीं जातीं'#RenuBhatia #oyorooms #Haryana pic.twitter.com/Wc5k4IoTGA— Vineet Sharma (@VineetS906) April 20, 2023
As if these comments were not enough, Renu Bhatia further went on to say that if young boys and girls go to OYOs to celebrate birthdays and parties, and bad things happen to them, they should not come to the police to complain about them.
OYO Rooms में School की लड़कियां…" Renu Bhatia, हरियाणा महिला आयोग अध्यक्ष का Video Viral@vipinalg @MrsYNV @Silencepedia @MD_SAMEER_INC @dranupmodgil @IdrisAhmad_47 @ScCardoz#VikasGaurav pic.twitter.com/ovpJ9tNUUc
— ( Being Human) عادل (@Adil_INC_) April 20, 2023
If this is coming from the Commission For Women chairperson at a public event, one cannot imagine what other gyaan she must be giving to the women who come to seek help. Also, why has she been appointed as a head of a committee that protects women? Bhatia is literally putting forward the notion that women are responsible for the crimes that happen to them, something a lot of us have been fighting to prove wrong. Not once did Renu Bhatia hold men responsible for the crimes THEY commit.
Also read: 5 School Boys Raped Their 17-Year-Old Classmate And Blamed It On Porn. Is Porn Addiction Curable?
Why do we have misogynistic and sexist women in positions of power? Women like Renu Bhatia are doing more damage than good, and it would be great if she is dismissed from her post.
First Published: April 22, 2023 1:58 PM
