A Male Student Harassed by for Wearing Feminine Outfit
Pulkit Mishra- A college student took out his instagram inorder to reveal a shocking event where he was harassed for wearing his own choice of clothes to his own college- Watch full story
We all want to see a world where we can be ourselves and need not to pretend to be something or someone.
But, we are mostly told how to behave, dress up or even live in this society. So, being ourselves is not as easy as it sounds. Recently an incident shared by a student is proof that we still have a long way to go when we won’t be judged just for being ourselves or just for doing what we actually like to. Pulkit Mishra, a boy , shared a post on Instagram where he talked about an experience from his own college. He wore a top and a shrug, but was stopped at the main gate by the guards, because according to them such an outfit is meant only for girls and boys can’t wear an outfit which according to them is “feminine”. They not only questioned him for his choice of clothes but also went on to say that it isn't allowed in college - only because he's a boy. Pulkit said that he was not allowed to enter the college campus, because of which he had to miss a lecture.
He later had to call a friend to get him some clothes - a shirt which he was asked to wear inorder to cover up the feminine top that he was wearing. He added that the incident took place with people from his college surrounding him, which was very humiliating and insulting. Later in the day, one of the guards also pointed out and asked him about his look and was trying to teach him a moral lesson on how he should not wear 'feminine' clothes. To this, Pulkit calmly replied that he shouldn't judge people for their choices, especially when his own parents and faculty members didn't have a problem. Pulkit in his instagram post mentioned “I asked them if I can wear that shrug completely on my shoulders. But they had no problem with my off-shoulder shrug. They specifically had a problem with the fact that I am a man, so I should not wear that whole outfit.I felt irritated at that moment but said to him very calmly, "Anyone can wear anything! There's no gender in clothes." Anyway after listening to this story according to you do you think the security guards made the right move?Do mention what you think about this whole story in the comment section below.
