Thursday, November 03, 2016

Indian women take on their predators...

Urban Indian women, long besieged by sexual predators, are empowering themselves to teach their tormentors a lesson – including, in some cases, banding together to beat and berate them.

Realizing how Indian law enforcement agencies can no longer be trusted for their safety, they are employing a range of methods from buying small arms and pepper sprays, downloading security apps, signing up for self-defense classes, and joining self-help groups.

Although attitudes have been changing as India modernizes, the wellsprings of change stem at least partly from the gruesome rape and of a 23-year-old New Delhi student in December 2012 which caused an unprecedented national uproar. That was followed by the rape of yet another young woman by an Uber driver in 2014 again in the national capital city of New Delhi. Both episodes, among many others, continue to haunt Indian women, creating a climate of fear. Women live in perpetual dread, are scared to step out of their houses past twilight, visit pubs and bars or wear “modern”’ clothes like shorts, skirts or even jeans. How, you may well ask, is the world’s largest democracy any different from a Taliban-esque land? Full story...

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