Attitudinal shift in parenting and education needed to tackle crimes against women, Bedi says

The real problem is the way society educates — or ill educates — boys, the Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry and former IPS officer said

Lieutenant Governor Kiran Bedi on Thursday said an attitudinal shift in parenting, society’s approach to women, a change in the concept of education itself and effective policing are the need of the hour in tackling crimes against women.

Responding to the recent incidents of rape in Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan, the Lt Governor said the entire society has to take responsibility for the assault on women in the country. The primary responsibility should be bestowed on parents and teachers, added the former IPS officer.

“This menace is curable without any additional financial resources. We only have to make our social system work together in a collaborative way at all times. Not once in a while as happens now,” Ms. Bedi told The Hindu.

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