Dear Editor,
Reserving six seats exclusively for women passengers may be a chivalrous act, but it is counterproductive in our path towards gender equality in Air India aircraft. Women, whether alone or in someone’s company, are expected to and must feel safe in the proximity of male passengers. If giving them separate seats is thought to be a remedy to avoid the groping of women, would the airline also provide a separate enclosure for women to protect them from being ogled at?
Ayyasseri Raveendranath,
Via-e-mail