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What's the deal with rape in India? It seems out of all the horrible acts a person can perform, rape is oftentimes high on the list. This also extends to foreig

What's the deal with rape in India? It seems out of all the horrible acts a person can perform, rape is oftentimes high on the list. This also extends to foreigners visiting the country. E.g. Girls getting raped while on holiday. Is it a masculine-related problem? Does poverty affect people's mindset in such a way? Also, this is by no means an attack or a judgmental point of view. I am genuinely interested in understanding this. I have been to India before and it's an amazing place.

Simulacra 7y ago
I think it's due to caste and male superiority. It's not poverty, it's a societal belief that men can take what they want, and they rule the nation and its people. Someone in the west may refer to it as "toxic masculinity" but we don't see men in the west raping women, children, etc. with such frequency at India. So it's something significantly deeper.
- Ecko123 7y ago
  I think it is due to the fact that their judgement system sucks and everybody thinks that they will do the thing and won't get punished
saran945 7y ago
its happening because of no fear - the law system, law is good, but the people who in charge from judges, advocates, police, politicians all are corrupted. the way it has been implemented, practices is highly questionable. many rapes are not even recorded. you may also note the scale in which the country operates - 1.3 billion people, everything should be done for such a scale. once it has become a developed nation, you may expect some betterment.
sridca 7y ago
> this is by no means an attack or a judgmental point of view. It appears to be a rather subtle attack and judgemental point of view to me. > I am genuinely interested in understanding this. If you are genuinely interested in understanding this why are you singling out India as if rape is unique to that country when the United States of America, for example, has a much higher rate of recorded cases than India: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rape_statistics#By_country https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rape_statistics#By_country And have you read the article by the way? Do you know the actual number behind that sensationalist "40%"?

Simulacra 7y ago

I think it's due to caste and male superiority. It's not poverty, it's a societal belief that men can take what they want, and they rule the nation and its people. Someone in the west may refer to it as "toxic masculinity" but we don't see men in the west raping women, children, etc. with such frequency at India. So it's something significantly deeper.

Ecko123 7y ago
I think it is due to the fact that their judgement system sucks and everybody thinks that they will do the thing and won't get punished

saran945 7y ago

its happening because of no fear - the law system, law is good, but the people who in charge from judges, advocates, police, politicians all are corrupted. the way it has been implemented, practices is highly questionable. many rapes are not even recorded. you may also note the scale in which the country operates - 1.3 billion people, everything should be done for such a scale. once it has become a developed nation, you may expect some betterment.

sridca 7y ago

> this is by no means an attack or a judgmental point of view. It appears to be a rather subtle attack and judgemental point of view to me. > I am genuinely interested in understanding this. If you are genuinely interested in understanding this why are you singling out India as if rape is unique to that country when the United States of America, for example, has a much higher rate of recorded cases than India: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rape_statistics#By_country https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rape_statistics#By_country And have you read the article by the way? Do you know the actual number behind that sensationalist "40%"?