Consenting rape victims

God created the stars and the moons and the planets and the solar systems and the galaxies and the black holes and the Universe and the birds and the animals and the insects and the microbes and the plants and the humans and the demons and the politicians and the Indian politicians… Beyond this the God lost the plot!

“Human Genome Project” could come to aid if we want to get insights into what all goes inside the mind of an Indian politician – well, most of them. We need to know how exactly the neurons “conceive” – to “perceive” is a human trait – a situation and transmit those signals to the world in form of bizarre statements! The intricate workings of this unique species’ weirdly wired existence have to be due to mutations in their DNA sequence. And I am sure that no CT Scan or MRI will be able to map this breed’s brain, howsoever advanced the equipment may be.

No evolution theory will be able to infer this kind of mutation in a creature!

A girl gets raped; there is a case of gang rape; a female toddler is sexually abused by neighbour and killed; a father-in-law exploits his son’s bride to satisfy his carnal desires; incestuous tendencies get reported; a teacher seduces his pupil; etc. etc. These are a few examples of heinous atrocities being perpetrated against the “better-half” of India’s population.

Take a slice from our honourable politicians responses: “girls wear small dresses inviting rape”; “girls should not be out of home after dark, else they will get raped”; “girls use mobile phone to be in touch with boys and thus get raped”; … but the blockbuster of the conclusion is when they say: “rape happens only when the girl is willing!”

Tell me, can your ordinary mind fathom the “meaning” behind this distinguished deduction?

In the examples enumerated above, I fail to see the ‘consent’ of the victim – here, a female in all the mentioned cases. Did the girl “invite” the boy to rape her? Did the female “seduce” the group of men to gang rape her? Did the baby child “motivate” the neighbour to molest and murder her? Did the woman make the “move” to have sex with her groom’s father? Did the daughter “throw” herself at her own father for “consensual” physical relationship? Did the girl student “inspire” her teacher to sexually abuse her? …

To apply the ‘rape-inviting’ reasoning of our illustrious politicians: was the rape committed due to the female protagonists in all these cases displaying any of the “taboo” characteristics - either wearing a short dress or staying out till late evening or using a mobile phone or because she was “willing”?

Has the world ever before heard of ‘consenting victim’ in any crime, including rape? Well, in India we have these theories doing the rounds, all because of the brilliant logic proffered by our equally brilliant politicians!

See, even you are left speechless and shell-shocked!

I try scratching my head to be able to comprehend the grand logic behind all what our politicians say about ‘consenting victims’ but fail comprehensively.

To add insult to injury of rape victims, yet another great argument is being offered by esteemed elders of some section of our society: “marry them off by 16 and prevent rape.”

Some even blamed the humble chowmein for all evils in the Indian society! (I am sure this story hasn’t yet reached the shores of China, else India could be fighting hard to deflect a diplomatic crisis and an international outrage in the UN!)

God save India.

Neither there is any sense nor any sensibility. I wonder when they rest their head on pillow at night and think about their day gone by, how do they get a sound sleep? And before that when they get back home to their grandmother-mother-sister-wife-daughter-granddaughter, how do they face them? If I had a father who was a politician and who made such atrocious announcements, I wouldn’t have been able to face the world out of shame; and, of course, I would be cursing God for making me inherit those obnoxious genes!

All these extraordinary things happen in a nation which is led by incredible women personalities in numerous social-economic-political fields; and a country which prides itself on having its divine pantheon dominated by female Goddesses!... In spite of the Indian society having ‘evolved’ to a significant extent, it is sad to see India still being considered the most dangerous place for females in the world.   

But what is the remedy to this widespread malaise in the Indian political - social spheres?

Public have to be active in raising voices and together in boycotting such public figures – or anybody for that matter – making such dangerous remarks; Media have to be vigilant in exposing and condemning such dodgy politicians – or anybody for that matter; and above all, laws should be put in place to nail such ‘mutated’ individuals, barring them and banning them from holding public offices – or any post for that matter – for life.

Hopefully, then the God will get the plot back!     

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I realize that India is not alone in having such dubious distinctions; the US also is blessed. Recently one of its politicians drew an inference regarding rapes: “female body has a remarkable ability to shut out pregnancy in case of rape!” (To read the details and his exact statement, please google.)