Both are abominable. I don't believe the fact that there are other awful (and perhaps even "far worse" crimes) should really be a factor.

There are just so many things here that are inaccurate that I don't know where to begin. I don't think you have any idea what Indian culture is like. Women in India don't wear belly dancing outfits daily. I'm pretty sure their teachers would have something to say about it if they showed up in them to class. And interesting...India is younger than the US? Curious. I fear for the things they clearly aren't teaching you in our schools today...

I don't think feminism is as you describe it. Now there are perhaps some people who feel that way, but feminism isn't about man-hating. It is about believing woman are intellectual equals and that they deserve to be treated as such. I refuse to let man-hating extremists hijack the term feminism. Whatever happened to the saying, "different but equal"? Just to note, the feminist movement didn't succeed in "changing that" when it comes to women's status in everything. You yourself say you face discrimination at work. You are doing your best to combat sexism by dealing with it. But the fact is, that women still make less than men in comparable jobs. The income gap exists. And the discrimination is still there. We don't have to be the same to be equal and we're not being treated equally yet.

Again, this really has no bearing on the issue at hand. Personally I love having boys and girls separated. I've taught in middle schools where classes were separated along sex lines and all of the sudden, class was more productive without the distractions.

That, however, has no relation to this article, that highlights these Uttar Pradesh colleges fail to punish the perpetrators and instead restricts the victims of bad behavior.

No, but boys can look up skirts. This really isn't about what girls wear. It's about behavior being permitted and victims being punished. It is ludicrous. Punish the harassers.

First let me say, I love school uniforms. I wore one in catholic school and I don't have a problem with them. Some clothes are distracting. Let us differentiate though, between boys being distracted and ogling, and boys harassing girls.

This article isn't about ogling; this article is about harassment. Men are crossing the line between looking and acting and that should never be blamed on a woman. It doesn't matter what she's wearing. You are still responsible for you actions. And that is what is so controversial about this article. It supports the same idea that burquas are to protect women, when really they continue to subjugate them.

It has no bearing on the culture. In any time or place, it is absurd to restrict women because of the behavior of some men. This is the same idea behind, "Well she was asking for it. Look what she was wearing..." as a defense for harassment or even rape. A woman parading about in a bikini still isn't asking to be raped. It is backward thinking in any part of the world. Instead of restricting women to protect them, perhaps they should actually punish the inappropriate and sometimes criminal behavior. That would protect women too.

Coffee and toplessness! Ouch! It seems like the possibility exists for painful burns. Seriously, spilling a cold bear on the girls is sticky, but harmless, but hot coffee? Ouch.

To me, a life without reading isn't much a life at all. Tell me, does posting responses to internet blogs signify having a life? What does one need do in your mind in order to have a life? Does it have to be Hemingway (who by the way I find dreadfully dull) to have significance?

Really excellent Stephen! Thank you. I'm linking this on every profile/blog/twitter thingy I have. Keep fighting the good fight. We're with you!