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“Their women come in search of our men because their men don’t have ‘stuff'”, Thirumavalavan’s vitriolic speech resurfaces

October 27, 2020
The Commune

Chidambaram MP Thol. Thirumavalavan seems to have stirred the hornet’s nest with his recent remarks on women and Manu Smriti. The Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK) head in a recent online seminar organized by Periyar TV had said “All women are prostitutes as per Hindu Dharma.. Manu Dharma.. “. This video had gone viral with Thol. Thirumavalavan facing backlash. Following this, Thirumavalavan had called for a protest to ‘ban Manu Smriti’, that was held on October 24.

Coming against this backdrop, the VCK leader’s remarks on women of certain communities that was made a couple of years ago has resurfaced again.

In that video, Thol. Thirumavalan says that ‘their’ women go behind ‘our’ men because ‘their’ men do have have any ‘stuff’.

“For these people, what has been taught as honor is only ‘women matter’… Not any other darn (mairu) thing… They are jealous that their women are not ‘looking’ at them… Those guys are fair, have moustache, wear ironed clothes, wear shoes worth thousands of rupees, spray scent worth thousands of rupees… Inspite of all this, they [referring to women of those caste] are not looking at them… But if she is looking at a man belonging to a poor household, born to oppressed class people like Chakliyan, Pallan, Paraiyan, then understand what your [referring to men of those castes] worth is… Women from your community show what you [referring to men of those castes] are worth… ‘Despite having everything, there is no use in you. There is no stuff in you [referring to men of those castes]. Even if he is poor, he has stuff and strength (sarakku midukku)… That is why I go behind him… If you have an iota of honor, hang yourself to death’ is what their women say“. Thol. Thirumavalavan says in that speech.

He further adds “Their men… They don’t care even if their women have slept with our men for 10 months.. They will say ‘It is okay… I will wash it off…You come and live with me…’ This is the disgusting politics these disgraceful beings do.”

He says that when women of his village or family runs away with another man, the parents would try to persuade the girl to come with them but if the girl stands her ground the parents would just go take a dip in the river and severe ties with the girl.

This speech by Thirumavalavan was made when the Paatali Makkal Katchi had accused the VCK and its men of where luring the young girls in their community into marriage. This has now surfaced with many voices referring to these anti-women marks made by Thirumavalavan.

BJP leader H. Raja had shared the speech and said that women in Tamil Nadu cannot live with dignity without completely removing the DMK-VCK alliance from the political arena.

A lot of netizens too are now referring to this speech and are calling for his arrest.