Rape Is Not Invited.!

The recent Gurgaon incident in India where a middle aged woman apparently moral policed a group of women for wearing short dresses have gone viral. The women publicly acclaimed that these girls should be raped and that the cause of rape is due to the kind of dress worn by the girls or women. This incident has set the country into debate of whether rape is invited or no. For all those, who think otherwise let’s clear it, rape is never invited.!

The debate is meaningless because the one answer we all know is that in today’s world, let alone our country – India, rape is not uncommon! From a month old baby to a eighty year old woman, all are under threat. Where do we even start.? Nirbhaya case had shocked our country completely, justice was served years later. But even after that, is there anything done to completely make our country safe for the girls and ladies?

A 3 year old was raped three days ago brutally in Kashmir almost an year later of another child rape case that happened in the same state. Now should we still debate about rape being invited? I don’t think! When the safety of a month old baby girl to a eighty year woman is equally threatened should we call ourselves as even developing and progressing? A question to seriously ponder over for us citizens.

Coming back to the topic of short dresses inviting rape, I would like to bring notice about an exhibition put up by Centre Communautaire Maritime in Brussels, Belgium. This exhibition features the clothes worn by victims who were raped. The clothes displayed show, no matter how fully dressed the woman is, a man with a creepy mentality will rape her without even thinking twice about what an animal he is being. It is easily understood that rape is never the fault of the victim but the accused.

In India, it is time that we have a lot more fast track courts to solve such cases of violence against women. The kind of punishment to such an uncivilised person who rapes a woman must be severe, it’s been conveyed through out how the citizens want stringent and harsh laws for such men who rape young little baby girls and ladies of all age groups.!

Let us stand together and fight for the justice of all such souls who have lost their life or are suffering. Let’s voice together and stand united in our fight for making our country rape-free!