| India and rape Dec 27th 2012, 12:46 I expect you are aware of the huge anger caused by a particularly brutal rape and battering in Delhi. This has led to massive demonstrations, but the fact is that no-one seems to know what to do about it. See some reports here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-20765364 Quote:
Sunday night's incident in India's "rape capital" was gut-wrenchingly brutal even for a city which has become numb to crimes against women.
The mistreatment and abuse of women is a particular problem in Delhi and northern India. A stiflingly patriarchal social mindset, a brazen culture of political power, a general disdain for law, a largely insensitive police force and a rising population of rootless, lawless migrants are only some of the reasons. There must be many others.
So if you are a woman - unless you are very rich and privileged - you are more likely to face indignity and humiliation here.
In this part of the world where I live and work, people blame rapes on pornography, the influence of foreign cultures and women themselves - for wearing Western dresses and going out with male friends. When another incident happens, the indignant headlines, excited TV talk shows, candlelight vigils, promises by authorities and platitudes by politicians return with familiar gusto.
But nothing really changes for Delhi's women. "It is as if there is a silent conspiracy in this city," a woman friend says, "to keep the women scared." They say they are not safe anywhere, at home, on the streets, on a bus, on the new metro system, nowhere really.
| http://www.independent.co.uk/news/wo...e-8431890.html Violence against women is a worldwide problem, and is closely connected to the way women are in general regarded. |  |
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