Brooke Kennedy
Carter Glass
American History; B Block
11 January 2013
Rape In India
Bibliography:
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Summary:
A 23 year old woman medical student named Jyoti Singh Pandey got on to what she thought was a public bus in Delhi, India on December 16th 2012. She was accompanied by her male friend after seeing a movie around 9:30 p.m. The four men on the bus then locked the bus doors and assaulted the male with an iron rod then turned on the woman. They were then both left on the side of a highway, naked and bleeding. The country of India is in shock about the rape of this women and it has led to marches and many protests in the capital. Legally there is plenty of evidence for the men to be found guilty. Domestic violence and rape is not usually made public in India. The men in India have grown up thinking that this is an okay thing to do. Asaram Bapu said she should have begged to save her life and that the guilt is not one-sided. Botsa Satyanarayana, Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee president, said she should have "assessed the situation" even before she got on the bus in the first place. Banwari Lal Singhal is a member of the legislative assembly he says that girls should be banned from being able to wear skirts in schools and public.
Analysis:
The problem here is much bigger than a single woman being brutally raped. The men very well deserve the most severe punishment possible and should be found guilty. Though that will not solve the problem that is bigger than them. This women is only one of many that have been treated like this and there is nothing that they could have done in the situation. It is not their fault by any means and these women aren't guilty for anything. Women anywhere should not have to be accompanied by a man just to feel safe. But the government should also be supporting them, not blaming them and saying they are just as guilty. The law has allowed men to think this is okay because they are rarely punished for it.
The problem here is much bigger than a single woman being brutally raped. The men very well deserve the most severe punishment possible and should be found guilty. Though that will not solve the problem that is bigger than them. This women is only one of many that have been treated like this and there is nothing that they could have done in the situation. It is not their fault by any means and these women aren't guilty for anything. Women anywhere should not have to be accompanied by a man just to feel safe. But the government should also be supporting them, not blaming them and saying they are just as guilty. The law has allowed men to think this is okay because they are rarely punished for it.
Vocab:
Mentality- often derogatory the characteristic attitude of mind or way of thinking of a person or group
