Am I Safe ? The question which comes into every women’s mind at some point in her life. Earlier women used to feel insecure outside their homes but now they don’t even feel secure in their own homes.
The subjection of a major proportion of women in our country to torture is so regular that the fear part has become a part of a woman’s daily life. There is a constant fear in the back of every women’s mind whether she admits it or not .
India which is a developing country has also developed multitudinous crimes for women in the last few decades. Thomas Reuters Foundation in its 2018 survey ranked India as the world most dangerous country for women ahead of Afghanistan, Syria and Saudi Arabia. A similar poll seven years ago had ranked India fourth, with Afghanistan top of the list.
According to National Crime Records Bureau Rape is the fourth most common crime committed against women in India.
The official crime statistics for 2016 shows a woman is raped every 13 minutes; six women are gang raped every day.
According to 2018 NCRB data Uttar Pradesh is the most unsafe for women while state wise Madhya Pradesh recorded the highest number of rape cases. Among the Union territories New Delhi recorded the highest number of rape cases.
Crime against women is increasing with every passing day . Everyday newspaper articles and social media is filled with infinite cases of violence against women.
How phenomenal is that right ? Women in our country aren’t considered as humans they are just considered as mere tools to fulfill a man’s sexual desire because in a country where men indulge in violence just to establish their superiority and power over women what else can we accept. In January 2011, the International Men and Gender Equality Survey Questionnaire reported that 24% of Indian men had committed sexual violence at some point during their lives.
The increasing crime rates are imposing a serious question that where is India lacking. The same Indians who worship goddess Durga during navratri humiliate her afterwards. Has hypocrisy become an important characteristic of Indian masses?
India ranked 95th out of 129 countries in global gender equality index and 112th out of 153 on gender gap index. These surveys clearly show that Patriarchy is still playing very hard on Indian women and male superiority is still prevalent in India.
Our Indian Society still believes that women are responsible for the things happened and happening to them, this is so because they wear revealing clothes and invite the opposite sex to harass them. But dear society what about the five month old toddler who was raped by her relative, what about Asifa did they also invited their perpetrators by any means or they were also wearing revealing clothes to serve the purpose. They didn’t but then also they were raped.
No matter how many excuses our society presents but the reality will not change that the reason behind the occurrence of such incidents is the hideous mentality of some males present in our country. They have been brought up in such an environment which has forced them to become a malefactor.
We say we can’t help it and change the present scenario but we can. We can do so just by giving right values to every male around us and by making them understand that:
“ Real Men Don’t Rape
They Respect ”
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