India’s Shame: Women's Rights

[theHandpuppet]

India’s Shame: Women's Rights
The state of women’s rights in India is deplorable.
By Sanjay Kumar
June 06, 2014

(excerpt)
Pratiksha Baxi in Indian Express writes that “rape is an instrument to stifle, deny and prevent gender-based equality. It is used to quell dissent or social movements, deter social mobility, maintain social hierarchy, restrict access to public spaces, deny safety at home, create unsafe work environments, punish the incarcerated and destroy the sexual or reproductive futures of hated communities. It is used to produce sexual humiliation, which is necessary for the reproduction of the patriarchal social order.”

Among the accused in the rape and murder case in Badaun are two policemen who did not act in time to save the lives of the victims. Part of problem in parts of India is the application and enforcement of the law to punish the culprits. After the December 16, 2012 gang rape case in Delhi the Indian government enacted a very strict law on crimes against women. This has not deterred people from committing violence against women. In most cases, police act with complete insensitivity making women suffer a second time with their apathy and tendency to abuse power. Despite the complaints from the parents of the girls, the police took their time in acting and arresting the culprits thereby heaping double insult not only on the victims but on the families also.

What is most galling is the attitude of Indian society towards its women. Discrimination against girls starts at home. In a majority of households boys are given preferential treatment in terms of education, facilities, and mobility. Very few girls gain the liberty to plan their own life. Their activities are controlled. This discrimination within the family breeds violence across society against women. Any violation of social norms is treated with contempt.

That’s why there are so many instances of honor killing across India. The patriarchal society creates hurdles at every stage for women’s growth and liberation. When women try to assert themselves or free themselves of the patriarchy, the male-dominated society reacts violently....

MORE at http://thediplomat.com/2014/06/indias-shame-womens-rights/

[Skittles]

1. something I have noticed about India offshore folk

seemed like it used to be half women and half men but lately, it seems to always be men.........are the women afraid to go to work?

[theHandpuppet]

2. Sorry to say I'm not remotely qualified to answer your question

But I hope someone more knowledgeable can chime in here.

[delrem]

3. Your other OP focussed on "Muslims".

Here the focus is even more general.

But consider. One ought not focus just on "Christians" while pointing at fundies as examples of all, nor ought one to focus on "USians" while pointing at some of the worst fuckers to ever inhabit this planet as if they were exemplars of all. The authors and perps of the Falluja crime, for example. Over a million killed in Vietnam. Hundreds of thousands in Iraq. Libya destroyed. An ongoing crime against Syria. Not all USians go along with any of it. It is horrible. Horrible. Horrible. But it *is not* supported by all.

Likewise, I tell you that I know and deal with Muslims in my daily life and they aren't all horrid creatures. Likewise for immigrants from India. And the USA.

More abstraction is needed.

[theHandpuppet]

5. You are certainly free to post articles here regarding women's rights and issues

I post the most recent articles from around the world pertaining to women' rights. You may certainly disagree with the perspective of those writers and may wish to contribute counter arguments to anything within them. I will not, however, stop posting news about women's rights as I find it.

[delrem]

6. I would NEVER suggest that you stop posting news about women's rights!

That isn't anything close to my intention then or now.
Bless you.

[littlemissmartypants]

4. Pakistan, anyone? eom

[niyad]

7. US, anyone?

[littlemissmartypants]

8. I think it is safe to say worldwide. eom