JOYBOY Posted January 12, 2022 Posted January 12, 2022 In recent article in BBC by, Geeta Pandey outlines a series of horrific rape cases since 2012 that illustrate the entrenched rape culture in India that normalizes sexual violence against women and continues to silence and shame the victims, especially when the accused are men with political power or money. According to Pandey. “Rape and sexual crimes have been in the spotlight in India since December 2012 when a 23-year-old woman was gang-raped by six men on a bus in Delhi. She died a few days later from her injuries. The incident led to global outrage and forced India to introduce tough new laws to deal with crimes of sexual nature. Five men were given the death penalty and four of them were executed last year. But despite the increased scrutiny, there has been no let up in the number of sexual crimes against women. In 2018, police recorded 33,977 cases of rape in India – that’s an average of a rape every 15 minutes. Campaigners say the actual numbers are much higher as many are not even reported.” link:https://yogagivesback.org/fighting-rape-culture-in-india/
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