# India Overturns Law Banning Women Bartenders **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 24, 2007, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/india-overturns-law-banning-women-bartenders/431084 "2007-12-24T02:38:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2007, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/india-overturns-law-banning-women-bartenders/431084/1 "2007-12-24T02:38:01Z")
Story [here](http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/12/21/asia/21india.php). The law was on the books for 93 years. ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2007, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/india-overturns-law-banning-women-bartenders/431084/2 "2007-12-24T03:22:25Z")
Progress! Now if they can can discuss those pesky rape laws… ---
**Author:** ![Indian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@Indian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indian)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2007, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/india-overturns-law-banning-women-bartenders/431084/3 "2007-12-24T04:46:04Z")
[QUOTE=Mindfield] Progress! Now if they can can discuss those pesky rape laws… [/QUOTE] Which are the rape laws you are referrring to ? any cite ?? ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2007, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/india-overturns-law-banning-women-bartenders/431084/4 "2007-12-24T05:07:29Z")
[QUOTE=indian] Which are the rape laws you are referrring to ? any cite ?? [/QUOTE] Not so much the laws of India specifically, but the attitudes of devout Muslims towards rape and yes, in some places, the laws. [Cite](http://www.jihadwatch.org/dhimmiwatch/archives/002479.php). [Cite](http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSDEL5671). [Cite](http://in.news.yahoo.com/071217/211/6oitl.html) (though pardoned by the king, and though her attackers were punished as well, she was initially punished by the courts for “illegally mingling.”) I could probably dig up more (and better, if I bothered to hone my Google-fu) cites. Again, it’s mostly the attitudes of many towards females in the Muslim religion that often result in things like this, which I think need to be made more fair towards women – and enforced. Nothing against the middle-east, understand, just an unfortunately stubborn attitude that some cling to in the treatment of women in Muslim states. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2007, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/india-overturns-law-banning-women-bartenders/431084/5 "2007-12-24T06:40:11Z")
**Mindfield** , you know India is not a predominantly Muslim country, right? ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2007, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/india-overturns-law-banning-women-bartenders/431084/6 "2007-12-24T06:46:10Z")
[QUOTE=Larry Borgia] **Mindfield** , you know India is not a predominantly Muslim country, right? [/QUOTE] True, and I suppose this thread was probably not the best place to post that. I was just being a bit snarky. ---
**Author:** ![ParentalAdvisory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@ParentalAdvisory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParentalAdvisory)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2007, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/india-overturns-law-banning-women-bartenders/431084/7 "2007-12-24T07:04:57Z")
How about that pesky Richard Gere situation… ---
**Author:** ![Indian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@Indian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indian)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2007, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/india-overturns-law-banning-women-bartenders/431084/8 "2007-12-24T07:35:50Z")
[QUOTE=ParentalAdvisory] How about that pesky Richard Gere situation… [/QUOTE] PA, In india PDA is still a taboo in most places, and there are attention mongers who sensationalise these kind of trivia , by filing a suit in a court ,for their 15 minutes of fame.. There was a huge response in media, to courts admitting this kind of frivolous suits,when there are huge backlog of civil and criminal cases. I find nothing wrong with that particular incident..It was done to support charity .Gere is a regular in India, and contributes to Buddhist causes,and charity events.