Mouth & Anus Comment During Sec 377 Hearing Creates Laughriot

“Mouth is an organ to eat and anus is an organ for excretion”: Respondents during Section 377 hearings.

“Mouth is an organ to eat and anus is an organ for excretion,” argued the respondents in the SC during Section 377 hearings.

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Why do words like choice, preference, rights, freedoms, et al. fail to ‘penetrate’ the deep well of prejudices against the queer community?

Each of these words came up in the proceedings of the Supreme Court on 11 and 12 July, wherein petititions filed by individuals seeking the scrapping of Section 377 of the IPC were heard.

What also came up in these hearings was this statement: “Mouth is an organ to eat and anus is an organ for excretion. These are not sexual organs.”

The advocates representing the Centre used this statement to justify the validity of Section 377, which criminalises acts against the “order of nature”. The statement sent Twitter into a laughriot.

Twitter Points out Some #Basics

Tweeple were quick to point out some basic uses of the body parts mentioned in the statement.

A Throwback to Biology Class?

While some Tweeple wondered why the advocates insisted on a throwback to Biology class, others followed the logic of their argument to present their own.

Sarcasm FTW!

Sarcasm reined supreme in the responses.

Some Tweeple had genuine concerns too.

Also Read: Supreme Court Revisits Section 377 – Here’s What to Expect