Monday 23 July 2012

The victim is at fault

So the minister says that the girl was dressed up provocatively, that’s why she was molested. And so the girls burn jeans and shirts because western clothes attract molester. And so the blame is always on the victim. You are raped because your dress was short, you are robbed because you carried purse.

I really want to know are women in saree and salwar suits not raped? Or was that 80 year old woman wearing revealing clothes when a 22 year old boy raped her? And what about the grandmother who was raped by her own grandson?

Maybe I should go down to the ancient India and ask how was Sita dressed when she was abducted and how was Draupadi dressed when she was humiliated in public? It is not the dress, it is the mindset. It is the male dominant society. It is the mentality that I am the man, I am powerful, I can do anything. It is not the fault of the victim, it is the attacker. And it is high time that it is imprinted on the minds of all men that you are at fault. You are scared of a free thinking woman. And you should accept her as your equal. And if western clothes are at fault, then why is it that every woman in west is not molested? Stop blaming the clothes, check your own character. That is your permanent attire.

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