Woman’s rights within third world countries are not a main priority of these countries. The laws surrounding the protection of women’s rights in India are being so poorly enforced, they are leading to a country full of rape and murder without consequences. India’s contributions to medicine, math, technology, and astrology have given the country a positive image for the world to view. If we look deeper into the the country’s news and laws, we see a deeper kept issue. India is known as one of the counties in the world with the lowest per capita rates for rape, although it is the fourth most common crime against women in India.
24,923 rape cases were reported in India in 2013. 98% of these cases were committed by someone the victim knew, including their spouses. India’s rape laws are both inadequate and poorly enforced compared to many other countries in the world. This has led to widespread violations of human rights, spousal abuse and sexual assault, all of which add up to tarnish the global image this country has grown to develop.
In most countries around the world rape is classified as sex with unwanted use of force, or unwanted
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When comparing India’s laws to a country like Pakistan, India seems to be the superior in this area regarding women’s rights and rape laws. Much like India, Pakistan’s rape laws are only applied to crime between a man and a woman, if the hymen is broken and also that wives are not subject to report the rape preformed by their husband, unless she is 16 years or younger. Pakistan’s laws also state that the rape must be confessed by the man who is being accused or a testimony by at least four eye witness Muslim men. If these things are not done the women is sentenced to prosecution; adultery if she is married or fornication if she is
To conclude, this chapter review promotes 'human rights' and enforcement of new laws in order to make positive changes towards victims of sexual assault and social changes within todays society. Thus, gaining an understanding of rethinking rape law, through an international and comparative perspective.
The rights of women have expanded tremendously in the United States over the years. Women 's rights are a lot more flexible. They are allowed to be independent. While these new milestones are a big step forward for woman 's rights in the United States there are still things that need to be corrected. While in other countries women 's rights have not changed at all. There are women in some countries who are denied the right to go to school. They are also not considered equal to men. I will be comparing women 's rights within marriage as well as the justice system in the United States to those of women in other countries in the justice system as well as being married in the Middle East.
“The United Nations estimates that as many as 5,000 women and girls worldwide were killed last year by family members” (Autumn, 2001). Crimes of ‘honor’ are acts of violence perpetuated typically against women who violate broader cultural standards against sexuality and marriage. When a woman violates the sexual or marital standards within a culture, her actions bring shame and dishonor and in order to eliminate the dishonor within the family, killing is the only way. “Honor killings focus on maintaining the sexual exclusiveness of women” (Barker et al, 1999). In most of the cases, honor killings are mostly present in cultures of the South Asian and Middle Eastern Islamic areas. Sadly, this culture is prevalent in some parts of the Indian society as well. “Offenses leading to ‘honor’ killings include leaving home without permission, rumors about premarital loss of virginity, accusations of flirting, and illegitimate sexual contact. These accusations also do not require the consent of the female in the act. Rape victims, for instance,...
In general, rape means force or threatening to use force to a potential victim. It includes vaginal but doesn’t exclude other forms such as, anal and oral penetration. Rape tends to get grouped with women but, there are also men who get victimized as well. It’s not limited to heterosexuals either there’s also homosexual offenders (“Sexual Assault”). It is very common and it usually goes unsolved (Triffin). Here is a cause and three effects that helps prove this is an important issue.
Lawmakers and the criminal justice system overlook marital rape, Das (2010) states those survivors’ experiences of being told that their victimization is “not a real rape” and encountering victim-blaming attitudes may lead to less filing of complaints and reporting to police. Women have reported experiencing harsh and insensitive treatment from the criminal justice system when trying to report abuse or marital rape. Social stigmatization, cultural traditions, and gender bias are structural hurdles that discourage women from reporting acts of sexual violence, especially experiences of marital rape (Prasad,
Rape is one of the most intimate crimes in the world. According to nolo.com legal encyclopedia rape in nonconsensual sexual intercourse that is forced upon someone that is not wanted. Statutory rape is when a person disregards the under 18 consent law and forcefully has sex with them. According to ular.edu there are many different types of rape such as anger, power, sadistic, stranger, acquaintance, and martial rapes. These different groups show that rape can happen to anyone at any time.
Rape is a vicious, terrible act that can scar a victim for the rest of his or her life. Women have always been seen as less than men. A couple of hundreds of years ago women were seen as a man’s property and slowly but surely women have gained their independence from men with the right to vote, to hold property, to and divorce a man. But even with advances women have made they are still considered weak compared to men. Domestic violence, rape, and marital rape are becoming more and more common. Today women are fighting for the right to say “no” in any and every situation, including when she is married to the man. Marital rape was not always seen as illegal and many psychologist have come up with theories as to why that is. There are potential
The problem of rape has been going on for centuries. Not just narrowed down to specific places, some of the countries with the highest percentage of rape are all of the world, for example,
Rape, or forcible sexual intercourse without consent from both parties, may involve physical violence, threats, and verbal abuse to intimidate and violate one person's body. Rape is considered a federal offense in the Western world. A perpetrator committed in the act of forcible intercourse is known as a rapist. According to the American Medical Association, rape victims tend to avoid reporting a violation, often times out of shame or self-blame. The United States Bureau of Justice Statistics reports that ninety-one percent of all U.S. rape victims are female with nine percent that are male, and ninety-nine percent of the perpetrators are male.
This was said in the midst of ever-increasing sexual violence in India, of which only four out of ten rapes are reported due to lack of interest by the law enforcement.... ... middle of paper ... ...2010. Address. The.
Over the last year and half, it has been uncommon to see the word “India” in the news without the word “rape” accompanying it. In one instance, a 16-year-old girl from Dabra, India was raped by at least eight men for three hours. The assault was video taped and shown to the members of her village, including her family. After seeing the video her father committed suicide (Yardly). In another, a 23-year-old student was raped in a bus and died from her injuries, and in two separate occurrences 5 year old and a 4 year old were both abducted and brutally assaulted (Park).
But there are certain rights which are given to illegitimate child for example, right to inheritance, right to maintenance. These laws are in general for an illegitimate child but there is no specific or defined law or legislation which is passed by the law maker in context to single mother or rights of child born out of Rape under Indian law or any other personal law. In addition to this it is important to understand and to know law prevailing outside India with respect to the current issue. As from the above study we can inferred handful of things on which there are no laws for pregnancy out of Rape or laws of single mother and her parental responsibility. This sometimes leads to agony and hardship for the victim of Rape as there is no proper law for her protection except few procedural judgments. The Indian criminal justice system should work on this and pass few amendments for the betterment of the victim and for the welfare of the unborn
In today’s globalized world, women’s studies is emerging as a fast growing discipline which is not restricted any more to the academia but is significantly capturing the attention of the civil society. The way civil society responded to “Nirbhaya” gang-rape case of December, 2012 in Delhi; the way people came on the streets in protest against this horrific and barbarous crime committed against a 23 year old woman; this people’s movement has undoubtedly engineered the emergence of a new consciousness among us about the need for a realization of women’s honour and dignity in the society. There have been serious debates on the issue of whether more stringent laws (in the line of Shari’a law) be implemented in our Indian society so that such heinous crimes against women can be prevented. However, the aforesaid incident is only one among many hundred other such crimes happening everyday in almost every corner of the globe. Many such incidents of crime are either suppressed or do not come to limelight. The following analysis is a humble attempt to deal with the status of women (especially in Islam) in a globalized world.
Domestic violence is much more drastic than violence outside because home is a place where individual seeks love, security, safety and shelter but we can’t deny the fact that it is also a place that imperils lives. Violence includes harassment, maltreatment, brutality, cruelty, physical injury or attempting to place a woman in fear of injury or psychological violence. The impact of physical violence may be more visible than psychological violence, but repeated humiliation, restricted social mobility and denial of economic resources are more subtle and insidious forms of violence ; making a woman mentally destabilized and powerless. In India, patriarchy and gender discrimination are the main reasons of violence perpetrated against women and girls. Violence against women is a global issue; it’s a stigma on civilized society which is compelling intellectuals to focus on this alarming situation.
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