Politics of Rape
15/06/05 09:17 Filed by Saswat Pattanayak in:
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Analyzing a BBC story on rape in India, my mind
wandered towards what is the scene in the Land of the
Free. I was struck by the findings. I was not
surprised. Only stunned.
Once every two minutes, a woman is raped in the
US (that’s a world record, I am sure, because
last checked BBC had reported that rape occurs once
every
hour in many under-developed
countries). And of course, less than one third of all
rapes are reported to the authorities in the
Americas.
Here is little more of the unavoidable
statistics. Often one wonders if numbers are good
enough indicators. Even if they were not,
theoretically, what else can one expect of a
capitalistic economy with largest porn industry and
widespread commodification?
Tags: Saswat, Feminism, Capitalism