Cover story in India Today ‘Mind of Rapist’. The conclusion drawn by the team of Columnist “Rapes are not about sex per se; they are about power and about reinforcing the masculine identity in a warped way.” not sustainable by any empirical study. Years back Mr. Khuswant Singh a very senior journalist and author had cryptically commented that “ The first thing that man thinks in his mind after seeing a new face of opposite sex is how good she would be in his bed.” Mr. Singh could be closer to the truth. Nature would always prevail. By nature man is genetically polygamous and woman monogamous. The current social practice and legal frame work are in favor of monogamy. Since, we can’t make the water flow up-wards; therefore, keeping with nature men revolt against the social system sporadically which generally called rape of women that has attained a reprehensible figure of twenty thousand a year in the country. And thriving red light area in the backyard of each developing cities and towns amply proves the quantum of unfulfilled desire of men folks for sexual gratification within the four corners of society. There is no easy solution to stop or control crime against women in the short run. Press and other civil society has greater role to start a healthy public debate about the need for changes in social custom relating sexuality with objective to accommodate the natural preference of a section of society(men) with dignity and later, legal sanctions. As per some Tribal custom; young men and women of village meet over drinks to let loose their carnal desire with full knowledge and sanctions of their respective families—Is this the way forward for our society to bring full stop to the exploitation & suffering of women in the red light area and on the road. In the short term women need to be counseled to be bolder in the privacy of bed room to check men’s carnal fantasy from spilling over to the road. Further, women can arm themselves with pepper/chilly spray to ward off all such indecent proposals. At the least, govt. should create an ultra fast response centre with toll free helpline in all such cities and towns where the crime against women are on the rise and further Govt. also should facilitate an all woman institution (Police, Medical, Detectives & Judiciary) to deal with rape cases and victims with sensitivity. The last mile objective should be to create an environment of security for women and exemplary deterrence for crime against them.
Author: Bikash Choudhury, Chief Executive of Strategy Consulting Firm based at Bhubaneswar Orissa , India Mobile
Email: streben.market@gmail.com & bikashchoudhury@sify.com
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