A Spanish travel blogger who travels the world on a motorcycle with her husband was beaten by seven people** while staying in India last Friday (March 1). The matter has sparked heated discussions in Spain, where the country advises women to "take extra care" when travelling in India. This case is a microcosm of sexual violence against women in India
* A shockingly old problem in India, and it is still commonplace even today. According to the National Criminal Records Department of India,Since 2022, an average of nearly 90 cases have been reported per day in IndiaBehind this, there are also a large number of cases that go unreported due to a lack of confidence in the investigation. In addition,According to statistics, there is an average of one case every 15 minutes in India, the capital New Delhi is even more known as the "world's best capital".
In 2012,India's "bus case" shocked the world。At that time, Pan Dee, a 23-year-old female college student, watched a movie with a male friend, and on the way home, she mistakenly got on an illegally operated black bus, and six gangsters, including the driver and conductor, beat the girl severely and **. Eventually, the victim was abandoned on the street naked** and died in a hospital two weeks later.
This case has sparked a number of street actions, prompting India to pay more attention to the problem of high incidence of crimes. In 2014,India's lower house passed amendments to the penal code, broadening the definition of sexual harassment and increasing the penalties for sexual harassment。**It is also opened** to accept all requests for help and lawsuits from women who have suffered from ** offenders.
Nowadays,While the law has improved, there is still resistance to combating sex crimes。In 2020, a 19-year-old woman in India was raped and beaten to death a few days later, and a senior police officer had suggested that she had not been ** because no evidence had been found. In fact, before her death, the victim reported to ** in the presence of a magistrate that she had been subjected to **.
Subsequently, the local ** cremated the girl's body overnight "without the consent of her family". A local reporter witnessed the cremation process from a distance, and he said that ** did not allow her family to come near ** at all. When Gandhi, the grandson of former Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and a prominent member of the Congress Party, went to visit the victim's parents, he was rudely blocked by a large number of police, and was pushed to the ground at one point, and finally could not make the trip.
Visible,In the fight against sexual crimes, India** and the judiciary are inextricably linked。An Indian scholar said that a police officer once said that ** is part of society and has been around for a long time. Since the police or the minister said such a thing, it means that they are not taking the issue seriously.
Some traditional bad habits in India still stubbornly exist in modern society, so the society is relatively tolerant of criminals, habitually favoring the perpetrators, and instead blaming the victim women for not having self-respect and dressing too provocatively. In the eyes of local law enforcers, most of the cases are due to "women's carelessness", rather than "men's responsibility".
In addition,India has a long-standing caste system, which divides people into three, six, and nine classes, and women are considered to be inherently inferior to men。Amartya Sen, India's Nobel laureate in economics, has said, "The long-standing high levels of gender inequality and the deprivation of women are India's worst social failures." ”
There is considerable evidence that even the wealthier and better educated classes of India discriminate against girls and women equally. Traditionally, Indians prefer to have sons, so a large number of baby girls are aborted every year. The consequences of this are,India's gender imbalance is getting worse
The imbalance between men and women has affected the marriage and family patterns of Indian society, and phenomena such as "child marriage", "exchange marriage", "group marriage" and "rental marriage" have occurred from time to time. There are also some poor, low-caste families who cannot afford to marry wives, and several brothers in the family marry one by one, forming a de facto "group marriage". In such a situation,It is not difficult to understand the frequent occurrence of criminal activities such as harassment, hijacking, and abduction against women
AbsolutelyThere are also Indian ** people who are aggrieved by the statement of "** country", and the ** case is frequently reported and the high conviction rate is the main reason。In a global statistical report, India, which is almost at the bottom of the list, ranks 16th from the bottom, and the number of cases per 100,000 people is only slightly higher than that of Canada.
However, in many reports, this can only be regarded as a single statement. Predictably,Until entrenched attitudes are changed in Indian society, sexual violence will persist everywhere