Men rape because they believe they have the right to control and to punish women who do not obey their rules of behaviour which is not due to the result of nature or evolution but societies which, through legislation and social custom, have made women second-class citizens.
Self righteous holy men/politicians are often the prime mover of this agenda of " if you had listened to me you would not have suffered the consequence of me releasing the dogs"
The Star
KOTA BARU: Kelantan Mentri Besar Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat has accused women who wear revealing clothes of giving the impression that they are selling their bodies."Women who wear such clothes are contributing to the rise in sex crimes and that is why I am in favour of any move to curb such dressing," he told reporters after launching the Kelantan Reading Festival 2005 here yesterday.
Sydney Morning Herald
Sydney Muslim leader that rape victims had no-one to blame but themselves."A victim of rape every minute somewhere in the world. Why? No-one to blame but herself. She displayed her beauty to the entire world ...," Sheik Mohamed was quoted as saying in the lecture.
Translation from the Shiv Sena’s Marathi mouthpiece Saamna’s front-page article on Monday:
Be careful and the world will appear to be good...this is the advice, born out of experience, that growing children get from grandparents. But in today’s superfast world, grandparents have been relegated to old-age homes and youth have fallen in the page-three trap. In the attempt to provide a ‘free’ atmosphere at home, parents proudly allow girls to wear skimpy clothes and give boys uncontrolled freedom.
But there are shards of glass on this modern path...we don’t see parents telling their children to tread carefully.
The rape of a minor girl at the Marine Drive police chowki has brought into focus the question of free culture. The danger of page-three culture is knocking at our doors. Many elders strolling on Marine Drive observe that one should be aware of the times.
The More incident is a blot not only on the police force but also on society. At More’s chowki, semi-nude photographs of women were found. Day by day, in the name of fashion, the skimpy nature of girls’ clothes is a sign of where society is headed.
There seems to be a competition among young women to show their undergarments in the name of a ‘below-waist’ fashion. It is no longer feasible for a family to roam on Chowpatty.
To see girls dangle a cigarette openly is worrisome. If a man is provoked by such clothes, who can one blame?
In a glamorous society like Mumbai’s, it is not possible for working women to be home before 8 pm.
But because of this free culture, respectable girls stepping out of their homes are also in danger. The advice of grandmothers was definitely apt. They spoke while facing Page 3 and Zeher posters.
One thing has to be brought to notice, that page three culture is banging on our doors. Especially for adolescent girls, the situation in Mumbai is such that there are glass shards on the path.
When these girls wear skimpy clothes and leave home, why don’t the elders of the house object? Why don’t they correct the misunderstanding that being modern does not mean wearing skimpy clothes? Why is the young generation modern in attire but not modern in thought? One after another, these questions are at the forefront.
Those who argue that there is no connection between women and girls wearing skimpy clothes and rape should keep the social structure in mind. Besides rape, it is the evil eye of men provoked by the culture of skimpy clothes that is harmful. Why encourage these perverse tendencies?
In the name of remixes, the wave of ‘sex appeal’ is ruining entire generations. If an adolescent boy develops perverse tendencies because of such hot movies and their obscene posters, and an innocent girl falls victim to that, then who is to blame.
The boy’s perversity or society.
Link : Indian Express
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