Sunita Williams condemn Delhi gang rape case, calls for respect of women
New Delhi: American astronaut of Indian origin, Sunita Williams, has said that the incident like Delhi gang rape shows lack of respect for women in the country.
Interacting with students through a videoconference in Pune on Thursday from NASA headquarter in USA, the astronaut denounced the behaviour of men towards women in India.
“I guess my bottom line thoughts on this is, I think it is irresponsible not to honour women as equal as men in all fields. Why not? I don’t even see a reason why anybody would think any differently,” She had said.
Williams further said that she herself has strived to excel in such a field, which is male dominated and get the respect she deserved. “I think I have also tried to be as equal as possible. Of course physical size and shape is a little bit different. Women are generally little bit smaller than men. So that is something you can’t overcome. But as best as I could, I tried to do as equal a job as any of the gentlemen that were around me,” she added.
The session was held as a precursor to the 3rd Bharatiya Chhatra Sansad — an Indian student parliament and was organised by a local educational institution in Pune.
Her comments come at a time when the death of 23-year-old girl, who was gang raped in Delhi on December 16 night, has impelled introspection on attitudes towards women where a rape is reported nearly every 20 minutes.
