Woman IPS chafes at officials' beauty list in media

Look at their work, not their face, advises attractive Marine Joseph, IPS, who is Mannar district Additional SP in Kerala. Chafing at the media focus on the beauty of IAS and IPS women recruits, Marine Joseph said the Indian media had a wonky look at women officials in general. Referring to the list of beautiful women officials carried by a Hindi daily under the heading, Beautiful IAS, IPS Women Officials in India, she asked `Did you ever see `Beautiful Gentlemen IAS, IPS Officials in India?' This is gender discrimination, she claimed, in her Facebook account. What has beauty to do with work? Her post has attracted several comments. Marine said creating a list of beautiful women officials was horrible. How can an official's beauty determine her work? the young, pretty official asked.