About two weeks ago, a middle-aged
Danish woman vacationing in India was held at knifepoint and gang raped. This
epidemic problem in India is affecting women of all races and ages. Women in India,
however, are more accustomed to these tragedies, and therefore can me smarter
in their efforts to stay safe and avoid rape. However, this naïve tourist went
up to a group of Indian men to innocently ask for directions. Due to this fatal
mistake, she was then held at knifepoint for over 3 hours, gang raped, and even
robbed. The police have been involved and in pursuit of the attackers. One man
has been arrested, and two other suspects caught, who were carrying stolen
items form the Danish woman’s purse. The five other men involved are being
sought out by the police, and the woman left India without submitting a medical
examination.
1. How are injustices such as these to be prevented in India?
2. Is this level of police enforcement good, or should India still strive to get their police more involved?
3. How can tourists be warned of how to stay safe when traveling in India?
The problem of rape is one that is very serious and prevalent in India. It is very sad that Indian women are more accustomed and aware to these situations because of their frequency. It is even more sad that a foreigner was vulnerable to this situation without her knowledge. It is hard to find methods of prevention because it is such a widespread issue, but I think the Indian government needs to crack down harder on allowing these criminals to get away with rapes and helping to prevent future ones. There needs to be a stronger security force and more knowledge on these issues in general. Like in May You Be the Mother of One Hundred Sons, the mistreatment of women is clear and if men are not made aware of the repercussions of rape, they will continue to treat women as objects and take advantage of them.
ReplyDeleteThe raping of women in India has always been a huge issue. The discrimination against women has been going on for many years. Unfortunately, this article demonstrates that Indian men do not only rape women of India, they also rape tourists and women from other countries. This poor Danish women was gang raped because she went and asked a group of Indian men for directions. I think one of the reasons why such things happen to tourist women is because women are unaware of this type of stuff that happens in India. I think people from different cultures should acknowledge this type of discrimination that happens in India. This could not only prevent women from other countries from being harassed, but it could also bring awareness to these types of issues happening in India. To continue, I do not believe that the police is doing enough to prevent these problems from happening. Only three out of the eight men were arrested. This demonstrates that the police is not competent enough. The police should make the discrimination against women their main priority and this could possibly prevent the raping of women in India
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