NLU Delhi students protest 'sexist pig' campus comedy show, FoE debate ensues

Monday, 23 March 2015 By Legally India Law schools

A comedy performance by Abish Mathew at the National Law University in Delhi on Sunday took a funny turn. Fifteen minutes into the act, a group of female protesters showed him the finger and walked out of the audience. Soon after, they returned with more people and a placard reading, ‘Get Out Sexist Pig’, ostensibly to protest against the sexist jokes that Mathew had cracked

An article in the unofficial NLU Delhi blog Glasnost criticised the use of the placard and protest as impinging on Mathew’s freedom of expression though the protesters were also exercising their freedom of expression.

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Comments

Hypocisy 23 Mar 2015, 17:46

+25 -4

Women in Law schools need to take a chill pill in life. Most of them at least.

Well said! 23 Mar 2015, 19:04

+9 -2

and it needs to start here at NUJS with the Sociology professor! (the old one now)

Guest 23 Mar 2015, 18:12

+12 -4

The protester also said Fuck off to abish mathew. The form of protest was not appropriate, you cannot abuse a performer in this manner or call him a pig

Anon 23 Mar 2015, 20:02

+19 -0

I take offence to the way pigs get insulted day in and day out. Pigs are goddamn tasty man. Just let them be.

Outsider 24 Mar 2015, 14:01

+1 -0

Given they are goddamn tasty, why on earth should any rational being let them be? Instead of subjecting them to a chef's handiwork, I mean!

Anon 24 Mar 2015, 08:19

+2 -0

What was the joke? Someone post it now that 66A has been repealed..

guest 24 Mar 2015, 18:45

+9 -1

i was present there..there were no sexist jokes. he joked about men as well..these girls need to learn real meaning of feminism..

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