A controversial botany professor has sparked outrage by claiming that women who wear jeans and shirts give birth to transgender children because they are dressing “like men”.
Dr Rajith Kumar, who lectures at the Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit in Kerala, India, made the comments during an “awareness” class for students, reported The Times of India.
“If mothers wear jeans and shirts and dress like men, they will beget children who are transgenders [sic],” Kumar told students.
Kumar also claimed that children with autism and cerebral palsy “are born to parents who are not of good character.”
