Is the mentality ever going to change? Every few months
we hear these statements from the perpetrators of rape in the country, and then
the politicians follow. Even god-men have their opinions about how the woman
should have called the rapist her 'brother' to avoid rape.
Two years after the horrific December 16 gangrape, here
we are, debating whether a documentary on it should be banned or not, while one
of the men who was responsible for the atrocity is still up and about giving us
'gyaan' on film, with not a shred of guilt in him. Apparently imprisonment
hasn't changed a thing in him.
'India' is more ashamed of a documentary on the Nirbhaya
Rape case than the rape itself. Yet, steps to change laws, make their
implementation faster have not been taken. The tragedy is now that the convict
has said that she should not have resisted – the men with the sick minds will
glorify him and use his statement as an excuse. And no amount of death penalty and
stricter punishments will deter these would be criminals unless justice is
guaranteed – and fast.
If there is an outrage on social media and in parliament
– there should be. Not to ban the Nirbhaya documentary, but to take all steps
necessary to stop these crimes. There need to be support groups to help and
rehabilitate women who have been victims of these heinous crimes and don't get
accepted by their own families. We need to immediately take action against
leaders, men and women who decide to blame the victims instead of taking
responsibility.
The film needs to be seen by as many people possible –
simply because we need to know what depraved minds such as these think and the
people who defend them can be made to shut up once and for all. The glorification
of the convict however could be curtailed if the media just uses a little bit
of self censorship. A fact that we all know for a very long time, but can't
resist sensationalizing of a brutal crime.
The focus has shifted again. The film has been banned.
The culprit still sitting and smiling inside the safety of his cell. For once,
to my mind, public lynching of this sick sick man doesn't seem like a bad idea.
Once again, all we are doing in outraging and wondering what happened to all
those promises of women safety.
Celebrating Woman's Day this week with all this looming
over our heads is a mere farce. It is a lie that we want to weave around
ourselves that everything is glorious in this wonderfully beautiful country.
The reality is women are not respected here, and a few flowers and making your
wife/mother/sister feel special by making her breakfast is not going to change
that.
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