India: 'Boys boo helpline, ask what if girls harass them'

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'LUCKNOW: The first objection to Women Powerline 1090, UP Police's helpline for women to curb eve-teasing and telephonic harassment came for a quarter that was as obvious as unexpected-boys, who cried gender bias.

"Do you have any service for boys who face similar harassment at the hands of the girls," a boy shot the question at a woman operator at the call centre on the opening day on Thursday leaving her puzzled, a source told TOI. The trained reply from the call operator was that the service was meant strictly for women in the state.

Another male caller, who was probably aware of the basic surveillance methodology, went a step ahead to tell the operator, "Will the police send a girl to jail if it is proved that the said call was being made by herself," yet again leaving the women call operator perplexed, till a senior official of the centre pitched in and tried to convince the boy that though his concern was genuine the service was meant only for women.'