It was her fault that she was brutally raped, and left for dead, when she decided to go for a movie in the evening, and that too with a boy, no less. Women who dare to do such things deserve all of this. They should be beaten up and set on fire if they indulge in pre-marital sex. It’s always a girl’s fault. Always! The men must teach the women a lesson, each time they cross the threshold of their houses – by raping them! This is India, the land of Kamasutra, where a woman is both worshipped and raped by a man. This is India, where men can’t get enough of chikni chameli, but would kill their daughters and wives, if they ever decide to go to a club to groove on the same song.This, we have been told, is how things will always be for women and we must learn to accept it.
But think, is rape really the girl’s fault? We wear the best of dresses, wear make up and our prettiest of shoes, but not so that the men leer at us. It is because we want to feel better for our own selves. If we decide to have pre-marital sex, it’s because we want to, so how dare the society judge us on our actions and punish us. As long as we are not physically harming anyone, how can anyone in the world tell us what to do or what not to? What right does anyone have to dictate terms to us?
“Our culture is the best. In our culture there is no place for a woman,” said ML Sharma in the BBC documentary, India’s Daughter. Well, he sure is right. The way we are being treated, abused, raped, molested, beaten, set on fire, there is no place for us in this country. Time to migrate then?
Is rape actually a woman’s fault? Watch this Lakmé School of Style video and find out what the country thinks.
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