Maneka Gandhi faces flak for saying hostel curfews to protect students from ‘hormonal outbursts'

Ahead of International Women’s Day on March 8, Union Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi on Tuesday came under fire for saying, early curfew in hostel was needed to protect students from their own 'hormonal outbursts.'

Gandhi made remarks while speaking to NDTV. 

"As a parent who's sending a daughter to a college - or a son - I would expect her and him to be protected. And perhaps one of the protections is against themselves. When you are 16 or 17 you are also hormonally very challenged," the minister said when asked why girls in hostels should have an early curfew and not boys.

She further added that hostels should have an early curfew as youngsters are 'hormonally challenged' and to protect them from such hormonal outbursts, a 'lakshman rekha' needs to be drawn.

When asked why boys should be treated differently, the minister said, "Yes, so maybe the same deadlines should be there for both boys and girls... Why should the boys be allowed to wander about in the campus after 6'o-clock? Let them also stay in and do their work."

However, speaking to Hindustan Times, Gandhi said that a part of her statement has been taken out of context.

“If you see the video I have said that there has to be same deadlines for both boys and girls and why should boys be allowed to wander about in the campus after 6 pm,” she said. 

However, Gandhi also faced flak for her comments

“So Maneka Gandhi advocates Hostel curfew for ‘Girls’ to Hormonal Outburst I really laud her vision to see that all the rapes are by women,” Aastha Varma said in a tweet.

So Maneka Gandhi advocates Hostel curfew for 'Girls' to  Hormonal Outburst
I really laud her vision to see that all the rapes are by women

— Aastha Varma (@AasthaVarma) March 6, 2017

Now days, Maneka Gandhi is giving tough competition to Rahul Gandhi.

— Aditya Shankar Singh (@greatadiii) March 7, 2017

@nistula haha chalo at least Maneka Gandhi gave the same curfew to boys..

— pavni mittal (@pavnimittal) March 7, 2017

@Manekagandhibjp what do you mean by hormonal outburst? People can do whatever they want during day time and come back at 7!

— Saina Poddar (@subarnapoddar) March 7, 2017

.@Manekagandhibjp,
I can ASSSURE u that for any normal teenager, 'hormonal outbursts' don't wait for 6pm to happen https://t.co/f4BQh0g4sK

— Akash Banerjee (@akashbanerjee) March 7, 2017