Reason+for+Rape



Mohnish Kumar Language and Culture Class 04/03/15

Rape in Indian Society Rape is becoming a major problem in India and it's not entirely rooted within the culture. As time is progressing the rate at which rape is occurring in India is increasing. It is getting difficult for females of any age to be outside after dark and wear western clothes or anything. One of the biggest rape case happened in Delhi, India in 2012, which made everyone in India angry. Along with that, if we watch any of the shows such as: Savdhaan India, Code Red and Crime Patrol, majority of the episodes represents a rape case. The reason rape case has become so common in India is because of the mentality of men in India, the poverty rate, intellectual rate and corruption. In 2012, there were 24,923 rape cases reported to the police, however, when looking at the rape cases from 2007 to 2011, they were less. The majority of the rape case happens in north India and along with that, Delhi had the highest number of cases for a city, according to a statistics done in 2012. When a rape case is reported, the majority of the cases involved a female of age 18-30. One thing that allows men to rape women is because in India the parents/families tend to keep it to themself after the girls is rapped because they do not want their girl to have a bad reputation and not be able to get married into a good family. Thus, they decide to keep it within themselves and not tell the cops. Seeing this, other men start to think the same way and this is causing an increase in the Rape cases. The rape case that happened in Delhi, India in 2012, one of the culprit blamed the girl for being rapped. He stated “ A girl is far more responsible for rape than a boy,” Mukesh Singh, one of the accused, reportedly says in the film, AP reported. “A decent girl won’t roam around at 9 o’clock at night. ... Housework and housekeeping is for girls, not roaming in discos and bars at night doing wrong things, wearing wrong clothes.” (ibtimes.com) Indian people, not all, majority of them, believe that women are not allowed to be anywhere else other than in the kitchen and in the house taking care of their family. This way of thinking is highly wrong because women are allowed to do everything we are allowed. They are not prisoners who cannot go out and enjoy, wear whatever they want, and do whatever they want. Women have all of these rights, just as we do. This way of thinking shows how educated the person is because a well-educated person would never think like that. A well-educated person would know the western culture that India is obtaining slowly, that person will know what is right or wrong, and will consider a women equal to him because they are. They are becoming doctors, engineers, movies stars, journalist, and many different jobs besides being a housewife. Housewife was thing for women during the old days because they were not considered equal and were not educated to be able to work outside their homes. Not the case anymore, women are educated and know the generation that we live in and people with the old mentality about women being prisoned in the house has to be changed. People have to catch up to this new generation that has risen and let go of their nonsense mentality of women being housewife. In an episode 469 of crime patrol, a woman was sitting in the back of a taxi and she fell asleep. Seeing this, the cab driver took advantage and took a detour. Afterwards, he rapped her and brought her to her home. He threatened her that if she told anyone, he would kill her. Despite of this she still spoke up and took action. The cop heard this and took action and did not stop until the culprit was apprehended. All women should speak up, stand up for themself and not be scared of anything or anyone. This will lower the amount of rape cases in India. To prevent an increment in the rape cases, people should start speaking up. I understand that they do not wish to cause any harm to their daughter in the future, however it should not allow the culprit to roam freely. Culprits should not be roaming freely is because they will go after another female and will continue to go after different females until they are caught. One more thing is that, people especially men, they will not stand up for a woman who is in trouble and needs assistance/support because people think that since they are not part of it, they can ignore it and go on with their ways. Also, with the changing of the things that’s stated earlier, one more thing has to change. In India, the cops do not take a rape case, seriously, especially if the woman is of lower caste or comes from a poor family. That is wrong because despite of what caste the woman may be or how rich or poor she is, she has to be heard by the cops because she deserves to receive justice. She has to be listened to and the cops have to take action against the culprit, even if that culprit is from a higher caste or from a wealthy family. Just because the culprit is of higher caste or wealthy that does not mean what the guy did was right. A crime is equal for everyone and there are no exceptions to it. If you do a crime, you have to pay for it. By making the law enforcement strong and not allowing bribery to effect the action of an individual, all these cases such as rape, man slaughter, etc.. can be prevented and decreased tremendously. "Rape in India." //Wikipedia//. Wikimedia Foundation, 03 Apr. 2015. Web. 03 Apr. 2015. Malik, Aman. "Delhi Gang Rape Case Of 2012: India Bans Broadcast Of   Controversial BBC Documentary." //International Business Times//. N.p., 04 Mar. 2015. Web. 03 Apr. 2015. Crime Patrol, Episodes 469