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Its the way you dress: Gender Commission blames female students for s.e.xual molestation
Its the way you dress: Gender Commission blames female students for s.e.xual molestation. The Gender Commission which is one of the five independent commissions established by the 2013 Constitution said that universities should come up with dress codes for students to reduce incidents of s.e.xual harassment by lecturers.
The Zimbabwe Gender Commission has attracted the ire of many Zimbabweans after it shockingly suggested that female students are being s.e.xually harassed by university lecturers because of their dressing.
Speaking at the National University of Science and Technology (NUST) on Tuesday Gender Commission legal and investigations manager Delis Mazambane said, to make life easier for the lecturer, the university needs to have a dress code policy.
During the weekend, the students can wear whatever they want but when attending lectures, they need to be guided on how to dress and this makes it easier for lecturers to pinpoint that ‘according to the university’s policy, you are not dressed appropriately
This approach did not go down well with many social commentators who argued that the proposed solution blames victims while absolving the true perpetrators of the crime. Below are some of the reactions from the social media site, Twitter,
An agency that was meant to knock the walls of patriarchy is busy parroting the language of patriarchy. Absolute nonsense.
— Alex T Magaisa 🇿🇼 (@Wamagaisa) October 15, 2019
Young girls and women who wear long and shapeless dresses have been raped – so this is really nonsense and a sign of lack of understanding that is scary. Will the gender commissioners also ask for a dress code for babies and toddlers that get raped? I find this so triggering. https://t.co/2nOyqyGSoD
— Grace Mutandwa (@GraceMutandwa1) October 15, 2019
Rapists are the problem. Not clothes. #NoMeansNo #StopVictimBlaming @advocatemahere @Wamagaisa @AdultRapeClinic @MUSASAZIM @WCOZIMBABWE @rose_hanzi @SirNige @vanyaradzayi @NLWomensrights @capitalkfm @tagalife pic.twitter.com/BW1L4i4XEY
— Dutch Embassy Harare 🇳🇱 (@NLinZimbabwe) October 16, 2019
“The Zimbabwe Gender Commission (ZGC) has appealed to tertiary institutions in the country to introduce a dress code policy to reduce cases of sexual harassment.”
“To make life easier for the lecturer the university needs to have a dress code policy.”— Fungai Machirori (@fungaijustbeing) October 15, 2019
“The Zimbabwe Gender Commission (ZGC) has appealed to tertiary institutions in the country to introduce a dress code policy to reduce cases of sexual harassment.”
“To make life easier for the lecturer the university needs to have a dress code policy.”— Fungai Machirori (@fungaijustbeing) October 15, 2019
“The Zimbabwe Gender Commission (ZGC) has appealed to tertiary institutions in the country to introduce a dress code policy to reduce cases of sexual harassment.”
“To make life easier for the lecturer the university needs to have a dress code policy.”— Fungai Machirori (@fungaijustbeing) October 15, 2019
“The Zimbabwe Gender Commission (ZGC) has appealed to tertiary institutions in the country to introduce a dress code policy to reduce cases of sexual harassment.”
“To make life easier for the lecturer the university needs to have a dress code policy.”— Fungai Machirori (@fungaijustbeing) October 15, 2019
Source – iHarare
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