Quite interesting opinion.
Mridul Bhuyan
>From: Amlan Saha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [email protected]
>Subject: Re: [Assam] Gill's remark on rape
>Date: Tue, 24 May 2005 01:47:48 -0700 (PDT)
>
>I am not an expert on such matters, but I have read a number
>of articles and books on this topic, the prominent among them
>being "defending pornography" by Susan (can't remember her
>last name; she teaches at havard law school), which shows and
>cites a number of statistical studies that have found a clear
>correlation between the ease of availability of pornography
>in a society and crimes against women. In general, the more
>easily available they are in a society, the safer women are
>in it.
>
>The two countries that are considered the most liberal on
>pornography - Denmark and Japan - had the lowest recorded
>crimes against women in their societies. The book also talks
>about the ease of mingling of men and women, rather boys and
>girls, or the lack thereof, as one of the primary reasons
>behind rapes and in general crimes against women in a
>society.
>
>All this talk of dressing provocatively is pure bollocks! We
>all know how deprived the general Indian man is given the
>society in India. I do not think there is any point in
>reprimanding the men who commit such crimes - we are only
>treating the symptoms then. Many more will pop up in no
>time. We probably need to look at the Indian society and its
>so-called "morals", whatever they mean, if we really want to
>solve these problems.
>
>-Amlan.
>
>
>--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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>
>KPS Gill's remark on rape does not make any sense.A woman may
>dress to kill or put on a provocative attire but that does
>not grant a man to have carnal knowledge by force of a
>woman.Women neither secretly want to be raped,nor do they
>expect,encourage,or enjoy rape.Many rapes are planned,but
>often the victim is simply an available individual,sometime
>even an older woman.The VICTIM IS NOT ALWAYS SEXUALLY
>ATTRACTIVE.Rape represents an _expression_ of anger,power and
>sexuality on the part of the rapist.The rapist is usually a
>hostile,compulsive man,who uses sexual act to terrorize and
>humiliate a woman.
>
>KJD
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