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Xithras

(16,191 posts)
4. Pretty fundamental difference between the U.S. and India
Sat Dec 29, 2012, 02:48 AM
Dec 2012

In the U.S., when a young woman is pinned down, beaten, and brutally raped by at least six men, you can be relatively sure that the men are going to prison if they're caught.

In India, there is no such assurance. A woman accusing a man of rape in India is MORE likely to see her family run out of town than they are to see any sort of justice. Local governments and police forces in India are incredibly corrupt (incomprehensibly so to many Americans), and rape is often treated as an "everybody does it" kind of crime by many in law enforcement. Even in cases where the police may be interested in pursuing an attacker, religious and social pressure, often shaming the victim, regularly forces cases to be dropped.

The problems with the American system are NOTHING compared with the hell that Indian rape victims face every single day. THAT is why they are marching and protesting.

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