It's past your worktime!

A southern state in India is planning on implementing legislation that will ban women from working night shifts to “ensure their safety.”

The Karnataka government is in the process of passing the bill as a part of the Karnakata Shops and Establishments Act, where women will be prohibited from working later than 8 p.m. in all professions except those within the IT industry and hospitals.

Once again, women are being punished to avoid the possibility of rape or assault while men’s responsibilities are bypassed. After all, it’s much easier to just restrict women's rights to work rather than actually deal with the problem. (At the same time, something tells me that the actual well-being and safety of women is not necessarily the government’s concern.)

And apparently not the media's either.The coverage of the story doesn’t discuss the potential financial burden the curfew can have on women (after all, they are being taken from their jobs), but focuses on the problems it will cause for the hotel industry. (Since much of their workforce are women.)

It’s nice to see where everyone’s priorities are.