Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Meanwhile, we have several cases in the news of gang rapes happening at American colleges and universities. This isn't an Indian thing, it's a violent male thing.

And let's not forget the U.S. military that saw a 37% increase in sexual assaults to 26,000 cases last year.

I have decided to find a self-defense class for my 15-year old daughter, and I don't mean martial arts. I mean a good old fashioned beat-down, protect yourself class where you can learn immediate protection moves like eye gouging, crotch crushing, bone breaking if you can't get away.

I know, I know...I'm such a refined, gentle mom.

Give her The Gift of Fear.

LoL Ganga

From what I have heard, the public buses also have gender-segregated seating. Some village panchayats (traditional village councils) have reacted to the rise in rape by suggesting that women should dress even more modestly/segregate themselves even more, etc.

It's such a shame because restricting women even further is obviously just another expression of misogyny. And it's not just village panchayats who are questioning the way women dress and conduct themselves. There are a shocking number of educated, middle-class men who, though they shout from the rooftops that they respect women and probably sincerely believe it, still think this way.

"But why was she dressed like that in the first place?"

"They should not be dancing in bars like that. This is where it all starts. Our girls are losing their morals."

"How can you blame the poor fellow when she smiles at him and flirts with him and then suddenly goes cold after giving him all these signals?"

We have an uphill climb ahead of us.

They have to have separate trains for men and women in Bombay, because of all the groping. Saw this in mexico City too.

Yeah, I call it Bombay too.

Anonymous wrote:

CindyBindy wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

CindyBindy wrote:This is heart-breaking. I know someone who works in the office building right by where this happened. What is really alarming about it is that it happened in Bombay, which is an incredibly liberal city. That poor girl.

The reason these bastards continue to rape is because they know the judicial system is broken and that people are afraid to go to the police. Unless someone is made an example of and people know that they are going to be held accountable under the law, there is no real long-term solution to combat this.

Well, we also desperately need to change social attitudes, and that starts with little boys at home and at school.

And thank you all for pointing out that rape is a world-wide phenomenon.

Mumbai

Yeah, I call it Bombay out of habit. Nobody who lives there calls it Mumbai either. #indianpretentiousness

Yes why not embrace the English pronunciation.

1) Not everyone agrees that the little fishing village it used to be, before the Portuguese transformed it into a city, was called Mumbai.
2) The political party that changed the name are Hindu-fanatic, Maratha nationalists who are universally hated. Instead of fixing the city's infrastructure issues or various social ills, they fixated on a name change that has never been proven accurate.
3) It is called Bombay by the people who live there. They aren't trying to be white. It's just the name of their city.

Edit: I like the way you draw an argument out of this when the topic of this thread is something completely different, and more important.

CindyBindy wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

CindyBindy wrote:This is heart-breaking. I know someone who works in the office building right by where this happened. What is really alarming about it is that it happened in Bombay, which is an incredibly liberal city. That poor girl.

The reason these bastards continue to rape is because they know the judicial system is broken and that people are afraid to go to the police. Unless someone is made an example of and people know that they are going to be held accountable under the law, there is no real long-term solution to combat this.

Well, we also desperately need to change social attitudes, and that starts with little boys at home and at school.

And thank you all for pointing out that rape is a world-wide phenomenon.

Mumbai

Yeah, I call it Bombay out of habit. Nobody who lives there calls it Mumbai either. #indianpretentiousness

Yes why not embrace the English pronunciation.

Anonymous wrote:

CindyBindy wrote:This is heart-breaking. I know someone who works in the office building right by where this happened. What is really alarming about it is that it happened in Bombay, which is an incredibly liberal city. That poor girl.

The reason these bastards continue to rape is because they know the judicial system is broken and that people are afraid to go to the police. Unless someone is made an example of and people know that they are going to be held accountable under the law, there is no real long-term solution to combat this.

Well, we also desperately need to change social attitudes, and that starts with little boys at home and at school.

And thank you all for pointing out that rape is a world-wide phenomenon.

Mumbai

Yeah, I call it Bombay out of habit. Nobody who lives there calls it Mumbai either. #indianpretentiousness

CindyBindy wrote:This is heart-breaking. I know someone who works in the office building right by where this happened. What is really alarming about it is that it happened in Bombay, which is an incredibly liberal city. That poor girl.

The reason these bastards continue to rape is because they know the judicial system is broken and that people are afraid to go to the police. Unless someone is made an example of and people know that they are going to be held accountable under the law, there is no real long-term solution to combat this.

Well, we also desperately need to change social attitudes, and that starts with little boys at home and at school.

And thank you all for pointing out that rape is a world-wide phenomenon.

Mumbai

Anyone know what the population ratio is of India compared to the US?

Anonymous wrote:appalling. One must wonder why this is so common over there. Probably the Indian males are sexually repressed and the preference for males means there is a very marked gender imbalance in the country - too many guys and not enough females

it seems like we find with similar frequency some degenerate who has kept people imprisoned for years.

This is heart-breaking. I know someone who works in the office building right by where this happened. What is really alarming about it is that it happened in Bombay, which is an incredibly liberal city. That poor girl.

The reason these bastards continue to rape is because they know the judicial system is broken and that people are afraid to go to the police. Unless someone is made an example of and people know that they are going to be held accountable under the law, there is no real long-term solution to combat this.

Well, we also desperately need to change social attitudes, and that starts with little boys at home and at school.

And thank you all for pointing out that rape is a world-wide phenomenon.