CONCLUSION
Through Pinki Virani’s narration of Aruna’s story, Many questions strike the reader’s mind about our society. We realise that the males, who are stronger in structure as compared to females tries to dominate the females . Aruna, who used to pinpoint Sohanlal for his wrong deeds which was not liked by Sohanlal and Just because he wanted to take revenge from her for stopping him from stealing food, he raped her. Aruna’s whole life was spoiled just in 10minutes.
Why? Because she favored the right thing? Because she was loyal towards her job?
Is it right by a male to dominate a female by raping her? Is raping a girl a right way to take a revenge?
Raping a women to take revenge or teaching a lesson just because she is against the wrong deeds is not at all fair. Raping a women will not make a male a “Gentleman” But protecting her will surely make them one.
As we move further in the story, we come to know about the case that was registered on Sohanlal after the incident. A case was registered on him as an attempt of robbery and an attempt to murder and he was sent to jail for 7years. because of the concealment of anal rape by the doctors under the instructions of the Dean of the KEM hospital, Dr. Deshpande, to prevent her of getting socially rejected and to prevent any affect on her impending marriage.
Why our society does not accept the rape victims? Why do they see them with pitty instead of boosting up their
Dhir Rana Due of how important this subject is, rape must be mentioned. It has appeared several times, including in our books, news broadcasts, newspapers, movies, and court cases. There is a case known as the Massie Affair, based on discussions of court proceedings. In a true court case between 1931 and 1932, a lady claimed that she had been raped in Hawaii.
However, even though they are usually not the ones at fault, nothing is ever said about the event. In a report by the Bureau of Justice Statistics, it was found that 75 to 77 percent of sexual assaults, attempted rapes, and completed rapes were never reported (“Sexual Assault and Rapes”). Furthermore, the blame of the whole event was never put on the person responsible. Instead, the victim was blamed for not denying the advances, or for not making themselves clearer in their intents(“Sexual Assault and Rapes”). This huge chip to carry often leaves the victims feeling isolated, scared, full of shame, depressed, and with a low self-esteem(“Sexual Assault and Rapes”).
This is another reason why the case may have resulted the way it did, but that doesn’t stop people from fighting back. Not only is substance abuse and statistics a big factor, but barriers to reporting is a main component that correlates with the case. “Recent research has found that 40% of college students believed that a woman was responsible for being raped if she was intoxicated at the time of the assault” (Schwarz, Jill, et al., 2). These statistics lead many woman who are assaulted to stay silent about it. It is also known that some girls stay quiet about their assault because it is believed to be misunderstanding or it is the “norm”.
The correlation from the countries highlighted with the issue at hand is society’s global response, which is ignoring the issue. Victims are have self-learned through society’s response towards sexual assault and rape is to keep quiet and to be ashamed that it happened to them. Victim’s result to blaming themselves and thinking things such as: “I drank to much”, “It happened because of what I was wearing”, or “I didn’t fight back hard enough”. In countries such as the Democratic Republic of Congo and Dar Fur sexual assault and rape cases are not talked about or ever recognized, but used as a weapon of war. In Spain and the United States such cases can be brought to trail but are extremely hard to try in court.
They both need to change. ”(“Rape culture, victim”). There are multiple statistics that argue against victim blaming. Statistics exemplify that 82% of victims were assaulted by some they knew.
“What I am about to relate is anything but a pleasant story… For it is a story of such crime and horror as to be almost unbelievable… I believe it has no parallel in modern history.” These are words taken from the diary of George Fitch, one of the heroic leaders of the Nanking Safety Zone in Nanking, China. What happened there during the six weeks of Japanese occupation in December 1937 during the Second Sino-Japanese War is one of the foremost atrocities ever committed in the history of humankind. This is the story of the Rape of Nanking. After suffering the humiliation of being forced to sign treaties with the United States and the compulsory ending of Japan’s economic isolation in 1853, the Japanese people were left with a fierce resentment of foreign powers, which bolstered a wave of nationalistic sentiments and the adoption of the samurai ethic of bushido as the moral
Domestic violence has attracted much attention of the sociologists in India since the decades of 1980s. Violence affects the lives of millions of women, worldwide, in all socio- economic and educational classes. It cuts across cultural and religious barriers, impending the right of women to participate fully in society. Domestic violence occurs in all cultures; people of all societies and classes. In earlier times, violence against women was a result of the prevalent atmosphere of ignorance and feudalism.
Why not be a hero and stop watching people getting raped. What if that was one of your family members? Would you want us to help them or watch them? You probably want us to help them, so why are we just watching others, stop watching or ignoring people get raped, be the bigger person and help
Dating back to the 1400’s philosophers like Machiavelli emerged expressing their views of government and social interaction. Hundreds of years later John Locke and Jean-Jacques Rousseau also emerged expressing their own viewpoints and their own theories as to why man act in certain ways. Along with their philosophies and theories, atrocities and destruction also emerged throughout humankind. One in specific took place in 1937 long after the passings of the philosopher's. The city of Nanking, China was the target of the Japanese army during their battle at expanding Japan’s territory.
In Warriors Don’t Cry, Melba Pattillo Beals describes her arduous battle for racial equality in the brutal town of Little Rock, Arkansas in the late 1950s. When she was only twelve years old, Melba survived attempted rape by a white man. Scared and confused, Melba went home and told her family. However, they instructed her to keep quiet about the abuse because they believed getting the police involved would only make things worse. Unfortunately, thousands of sexual assaults still go unreported for a myriad of reasons, including distrust in law enforcement and the criminal justice system, the possibility that the abuser will not be punished, and victim blaming, a common occurrence in our society.
One person even stated she “prefer that [they] kill the person who [was] raped because a rape was worse than a killing” (Kohli
In chapter nine of his book The Macho Paradox, Jackson Katz states the point that “It takes a Village to Rape a Women”, the point he is getting across, is that are culture is so caught up in its ways, that rape and violence against women is almost becoming a normal thing or something that is not as big as a problem as it should be. He gives a few examples of this in our American culture. One example is the sexual allegations that were brought up against NBA basketball player for the L.A. Lakers, Kobe Bryant. In this case, “the explosion of victim-blaming unleashed” (Katz, 2006, 154). Instead of blaming the person who was accused (a very popular and loved NBA All-Star), people started to point the finger at the nineteen-year-old who blamed Bryant for sexually assaulting her asking questions like: “Why did she go up to his room?
The accused had the responsibility of taking care of her. In the progress of taking care of her, the accused touched and kissed the complainant’s breast. He also forced the complainant to touch his penis which is an act of
A few reasons a person may not report a rape includes: denial, fear of the legal system, fear of retaliation, guilt and blame, personal matters and victim-offender relationship. Due to denial, victims do not report rape because they may not be sure if it was rape. In order for a victim to come to the decision of reporting rape he or she needs to realize it was rape. Some victims do not realize it was rape due to the issue of less violence (Burgess et al., pg.376). The victims who report their rapes are the ones who acknowledge it was rape and the rape that occurred was more violent (Burgess et al., pg.376).
It was a system of patriarchy, in which every woman was raised believing that they had neither self-control nor self government but that they must yield to the control of dominant male gender”.(Rajpal,para 2) Women have specific roles in which they were supposed to follow or be outcasted by the society. The men were seen as the dominant ones in the relationships. The men had to much control over women, They needed to see how much not having a women in their lives would affect