Unnecessary Gender biasing in VIT.
VIT being an internationally acclaimed institute,what
with the pictureque landscape,amazing infrastructure,flexibility in the
education system(Numerous MoUs,FFCS) and the importance given to sports education,
has almost succeeded in emulating an international standards University.When I
say almost,there is a reason.Fact remains that it is situated in India.Thus
there will always be a slight irregularity in their treatment towards girls and
boys,There is a ratio of almost 5:1 of boys and girls respectively.I feel that
preferential treatment is meted out to boys.Freedom is given much more to them
than girls.This is understandable in most cases.After all it is an Engineering
college and containing so many boys becomes a problem. So the girls fall prey
to all the pressure.The in-time for them is 6‘o’clock on weekends and 8:30 on weekdays
whereas the boys can stay out till almost 11:30 on weekends!Moreover the girls
have to go through a myriad variety of letters,faxes and signatures in order to
go on leaves and parents are mostly called up to be questioned about their
daughters whereabouts even after this.It is most like releasing a prisoner from
captivity.Its a breeze for the boys to take a vacation as getting permission is
easy as winking an eyelid for them !The girls need to wait in line to sign in
and sign out and are not allowed to go out if they do not have their Hostel Ids.The bus services are also mostly used by
the boys as they don’t have any stops near the girls hostel.Also,girls are
deemed daring and outgoing if spotted with boys as for instance,in one class a
girl was sitting among a few boys.The teacher,noticing this said’This isn’t a
garden. A certain decorum should be maintained in college and you cannot sit
wherever you like.Sit with the girls from now on’.The girl was visibly
embarrassed.I personally do not agree to this policy.We are 18 and above and we
should have the freedom to sit as we wish in class just as long as attention is
being payed.Thus there is generally more sternness when it comes to handling girls
in VIT.And this gender biasing is sometimes quite unfair.
There are quite a lot of positive points to this as well.
Due to all the rules and regulations when it comes to
girls, parents are generally more prone to sending their daughters to VIT as
ofcourse it is one of the safest places for them.Extreme caution is exercised in
regard to girls and they are treated with respect.They are taken very good care
of.So I would like to conclude that although VIT is regarded as very safe,it
still needs to tone down its strictness towards girls a tad, as setting down so
many rules and regulations eventually leads to rebelling against them.
-Sohini Bagchi
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