Last week’s papers were full of reports about the rape of a foreigner, who was studying at the TISS. The girl went partying with the six boys, drank with them, probably even took drugs (the latest newspaper reports say that drug traces were found in her blood/urine samples), and then went with them, voluntarily or otherwise, to an empty flat, where she was raped.
After a gap of two or three days, she lodged a police complaint and now all the boys are in jail. The question now is “Who is to be blamed for this rape?
The obvious answer would be the boys, for they are the perpetrators of the crime and therefore need to be punished. But the larger question is “Did the girl invite trouble, by being out with six boys, drinking and partying? Did the girl consent to what was happening, and later, as an afterthought and in a more sober state, decided to seek justice? Did the girl go voluntarily or was she kidnapped?
Now, coming to the boys. Why did six educated adults, from reasonably well to do families, need to rape a foreign national, knowing the implications of this offence? When a child is born and starts growing up, the parents teach them what is bad or evil like to harm someone, to kill someone, to molest someone, to cheat someone.
More than punishing these accused, it is more important to study why such crimes occur. Also study the levels of sexual frustration among the youth. Since sex education is being imparted in many schools from lower standards, what impact has it created on the children?
Otherwise, such events are only going to increase, punishment or no punishments is in the hands of the judiciary.
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