Writing about this or discussing
about this hurts, since this has become the fate of women and girls in our
society. Rape is nothing new since the meaning of the word and the brutality of
the act has failed to arouse a feeling of consciousness among us. The city rape
got its headlines due, but what about the other rapes, which may have taken
place in the capital but have failed to come to the notice of the police. In
spite of this crime being committed on a continuous basis, why has the
judiciary failed to bring about a system, which gives out stringent punishment
for the accused? Why are rapes being considered like any other crimes like
stealing or robbery? Why have we failed to bring about fast track courts to
punish the guilty? Why have the laws in the Indian Penal Code not been amended
to bring about harsher punishment for the rapists? Why do women have to live in
danger all the time? Fear of rape, eve teasing, domestic violence, and many
other kinds of dread exist, which women have to face in their day-to-day lives.
May be the answer lies to the kind of upbringing we have or the kind of morale
existing in our society. Families wanting to have a male child, feeling unhappy
with the birth of a female child, people telling their daughters to be careful
on the roads rather than teaching their sons to behave themselves, questions
being raised about the clothes worn by women rather than the abusive behavior
of men, and many more. To change the society around us, we need to change
ourselves; we individually need to change our outlook towards the impact of
gender biasness existing among us (in between us) rather. I wish the men had
learned to look beyond the veil of women, and to regard them with respect
instead of stripping them of their modesty.
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