Rajith Kumar R. is an Indian lecturer, actor and Bigg Boss (Malayalam season 2) participant from Kerala who has won numerous awards for television programs and also social activist. A lecturer at the Department of Botany, Sree Sankara College, Kalady, he gained attention in 2013 for making misogynistic comments during a speech he made to a group of female students as an invited speaker at the Government Women's College, Thiruvananthapuram. The incident led to a backlash against him as well as the college authorities who had invited him. He has since made multiple comments that were criticized for being sexist, transphobic, unscientific and insensitive to people with disabilities. These include claiming that women who wear jeans give birth to transgender children and that rebellious parents