Going Viral: Kerala cadre IPS officer Merin Joseph slams sexist article

Though the news article was later taken down, people on social media questioned the mind-set wherein the merit of an individual was not taken into consideration. Expressing her disappointment, Merin Joseph, wrote a post on her social media page that has since gone viral. 

She wrote, “Shameless objectification of women and propagation of patriarchal structures, reducing a lady’s worth to her face value. These are bold and brave officers working in the complex bureaucratic system in India, negotiating their way through the good, bad and ugly of our body politic- and here we have a list of officers whom people can ogle at. It’s seriously disgusting, constricting and very very demeaning to our identities as smart, intelligent self-made women. Have you ever wondered why we never see a list of the most handsome males in the IAS and IPS?”