In Bangalore, female students are apparently being punished for scoring better marks. As per a Times Of India report from May 16, girls are slapped with a comparatively higher cutoff for admissions in some PU colleges.
Speaking to the daily, one student said, “It is unfair. Girls are punished for faring better than boys.” She had scored 91.2 per cent in her 10th standard and was hoping to get into science at Christ. The cutoff for the stream, however, is 93.92 per cent for girls and 91.04 per cent for boys — a difference of 2.88 per cent.
Fr Abraham, vice-chancellor, Christ (deemed-to-be university), told ToI, “Girls are smart, and this is not a new trend. If there is no higher cutoff, the college will have only girls. The higher cutoff is to bring in gender balance”.
A higher cutoff for girls has caused an outrage on social media, with many criticising how women are often punished for being better than men.
Girls are literally being punished for better results than boys. https://t.co/5miVKLH5Kr
— Rituparna Chatterjee (@MasalaBai) May 16, 2019
Laugh or cry? Your pick. https://t.co/yOe9okhq08
— V Vinay (@ainvvy) May 16, 2019
https://twitter.com/marculenta/status/1128893995940077569
Revised Headline: College authorities say boys incapable of competing with girls on level terms. https://t.co/tf6MVIx79R
— Prem Panicker (@prempanicker) May 16, 2019
Who gives a shit if there's a gender misbalance towards men? If you've got that much privilege and you still can't score higher marks, that's on you imo https://t.co/80uHFGUcNV
— Tarutr Malhotra (@TarutrMalhotra) May 16, 2019
Men: there is no such thing asstructural inequality. The system is fair. Trust the system.
The system: https://t.co/6isf76Csp1
— Hamsini Hariharan (@HamsiniH) May 16, 2019
https://twitter.com/tishasaroyan/status/1128961286778179587
say what. Score more means problems and score less means problems?! Fools. https://t.co/zzubipACXh
— Sowmya (@sowmyarao_) May 16, 2019
https://twitter.com/PedestrianPoet/status/1128945578115706881