Why spurt in rape cases?

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ankurmalik

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Friends,

In last couple of yrs we ve witnessed a spurt in rape cases. Delhi rape case shocked the nation in december, and now another one. there is no end to this henious crime. there may be many reasons to this. but i am equally surprised n shocked with reasons given by some people. some of dem blame porn movies, othrs blame media etc etc. on JL as well, a thread was runnig by some member blaming bollywood for all this.

wht do you think d mainn reason behind this crime?

wht could be done to improve d situation?
 
desijat said:
They will never, we are a hypocrite bunch of society. Everyone will see porn but deny it in public.
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its a pity..v still blame porn and media for all sex crimes. bt a person who does sch a heinous crime may hv nt seen porn. bt v generalize things like anything. a thread on jl started by a member was blaming media/bollywood for such crimes. dat is ridiculous.
 
इन सबके लिये उस व्यक्ति की मानसिकता जिम्मेवार है और इस तरह की मानसिकता उत्पन्न होने बहुत सी वजह है एवं व्यक्ति विशेष के लिये अलग अलग हो सकती है | कुछ लोगो के लिये porn भी उनमे से एक वजह हो सकती है |

भारतीय समाज और अमेरिकी समाज की तुलना नहीं की जा सकती | हमारा रहन सहन, चरित्र और मान्यताए अमेरिकियों से बिलकुल अलग है | इस तरह की रिपोर्टो या study पर ज्यादा विश्वास भी नहीं किया जा सकता है क्योंकि अपने फायदे के लिये industry ये रिपोर्ट छपवाती है| सबसे बड़ी porn industry भी अमेरिका में ही है और दुनिया में सबसे ज्यादा crime अमेरिका में होते है| अमेरिका का हर 137वा नागरिक अमेरिकी जेलो में है|



desijat said:
Incidentally when they legalized porn in US, crime related to sex went down
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Groth typology divides rapists into three primary typesThe anger rapist -- uses rape to degrade or humiliate women; expresses much profanity; attacks often prompted by some marital conflict, occupational or financial problem

The power rapist -- uses rape to express sexual conquest, establish masculine identity, and likely to kidnap victim for repeated assaults over an extended period of time

The sadistic rapist -- uses torture or bondage to experience sexual arousal over victim's suffering; frequently targets prostitutes, women who have had many sexual partners or who actively express their sexuality (or are perceived as doing such, even if they really aren't), or those who symbolize something he wants to destroy or punish
 
“Freedom without limits is just a word”
Terry Pratchett
Kamlesh Vaswani’s PIL seeking to ban the viewing of pornography and make it a non-bailable offence has raised eyebrows. Columnists and social media commentators have greeted the idea with shock, raising issues such as social liberty, sexual freedom, and the fact that the mere banning of pornography might not bring down the incidence of rape. On the surface of it, this sounds politically correct but the reality is much more complex.
Take two facts. First, the two men arrested for raping the five-year-old in Delhi were watching porn before they stepped out and abducted the girl. Second, Google Trends shows that in 2012, New Delhi recorded the highest percentage worldwide for the number of times the word ‘porn’ was searched online. And National Crime Records Bureau data for the same year show that 706 rapes were reported in Delhi, the highest in the last decade and more than double the number for 2002.
In the West
Too simplistic a correlation? Perhaps. But does that mean we can afford to ignore the parallel? The world over, governments and sociologists are struggling with the issue of untrammelled access to pornography and the alarming rise in incidents of violent rape and child abuse. In London, Prime Minister David Cameron is set to announce a government-backed code of conduct that will block pornography in public spaces such as cafes and railway stations where children are likely to be present.
Liberal Iceland’s existing laws banning pornography are similar to India’s — vague and rarely enforced. The government there is drafting a law, much to the horror of some of its wired and freethinking citizens, that seeks to ban pornography altogether to protect children from violent sexual imagery. AGuardian report quotes an Icelandic Interior Ministry spokesperson: “When a 12-year-old types ‘porn’ into Google, he or she is not going to find photos of naked women out on a country field, but very hardcore and brutal violence.”
The problem with pornography is just that. It is not so much about erotica, as its advocates will have us believe, as it is about extreme violence, degradation and subjugation of women, and the violation of children and teenagers. It extols rape, defilement and mutilation. Most dangerously, it mainstreams all of this and packages it as the “normal.” This is lethal in a place like India, where large numbers of people leapfrog from a state of total ignorance about even ordinary sex to direct exposure to vicious abuse.
Documenting abuse
As the pornography industry thrives by getting more extreme each day, sociologists have correspondingly begun to note that gang rapes have risen, the age of the rapists has fallen, and the violence is much more brutal today. One report quotes U.S. Department of Justice statistics that show the percentage of rapes involving two or more offenders increasing from seven per cent in 1994-1998 to 10 per cent in 2005-2010.
In last year’s Steubenville High School rape in Ohio, U.S., when a high schoolgirl was doped and repeatedly violated by her schoolmates, two other appalling facts emerged. One, the rapists uploaded photos of the acts on social media where it went viral; and second, students who witnessed the acts said they did not recognise the acts as rape. In the last few months, two teenagers, Rehtaeh Parsons and Audrey Potts, in the U.S. and Canada, respectively, have committed suicide after being gang-raped by 16- and 17-year-old boys who then posted the photos online. Let us not forget our own MMS scandals involving schoolchildren.
Blurring lines
This trend of online documentation of abuse follows closely on the footsteps of porn websites that actively encourage the posting of real-life pictures of girls caught unawares or of pictures taken of them with hidden cameras. In other words, the lines are already blurring between pornographic websites and social network websites. What was once an explicit image on a clandestine website could today be a picture of a classmate on Facebook.
It might be statistically impossible to directly link the viewing of pornography to rape, but it is undeniable that its mainstreaming is actively encouraging and endorsing a culture of abuse of women and children. Recent news reports, in fact, have quoted counsellors who say that obsessive porn viewing is today a leading cause of marital abuse and divorce in India.
The link between violence in films and the increased rate of violence in society is equally unverifiable, but it’s interesting that this medium has always been filtered by some form of certification. How then is a medium that is inherently much more dangerous left so unregulated?
The existing IT Act, which stipulates three years’ imprisonment for publishing and transmitting obscene material electronically, is followed more in the breach. Following the PIL, the Supreme Court has asked the Ministries of Information Technology, Information and Broadcasting, and Home Affairs to come up with some answers by April 29. Whether it is stricter policing and stiffer (and implemented) punishments, or some sort of technologically feasible filters, or steep levies on the viewing of such content, some adequate response is required, something that makes it more difficult to access porn than ticking a box that asks if you are 18.
Yes, freedoms are precious and worth fighting for, but just because some of our men are not mature enough to enjoy these freedoms responsibly, should our children and women be made to pay the price?
http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/freedom-that-must-have-limits/article4663661.ece
 
but just because some of our men are not mature enough to enjoy these freedoms responsibly, should our children and women be made to pay the price?

Bingo -------Now we all kinda know the reason . It is not porn , bollywood n etc etc rather " Maturity " of the so called Man.
 
Undeterred and unfettered access to pornographic material and the vulgar display of sexuality in Bollywood movies has certainly contributed to increasing the degree of perversion, especially among the adolescents, the uncultured/beastly elements and the 'malangs'. Therefore, the supply and dissemination of of pornographic material and telecast of semi-blue movies should be banned. Internet Service Providers must be mandated to block the porno sites and a heavy penalty must be imposed for any violation. However, Bollywood's vulgarity and easy access to porn are not the only reasons responsible for a rise in the incidence of rapes. This can be attributed to poor policing, intelligence failure, and a lecher judicial system also. Of course, this has to do with the human psyche also but psychopaths and sex-maniacs are a universal phenomenon. No amount of moral education is going to change their attitude. In every society, there have been perverts and will remain in future also. In India, vulgar display of sexuality has been a part of its ancient culture. The sculptures and paintings in Ajanta and Alora Caves, the literature like Kama Sutra, the traditions of 'devdasis' or 'nagarvadhu' etc. are glaring example of this.

The ultimate responsibility to contain this menace lies with the authorities responsible for maintaining order in society. Stricter vigil and harsher punitive measures may be helpful in minimizing this shameful and sinful act by the beasts. All rape cases must be decided by the special and fast track courts within a stipulated time-frame and the guilty must be sent behind bars or hanged depending upon gravity of the crime.
 
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Well I do not think banning porn or other material will help in reducing the number of rape cases. The only way you can reduce it is by moral education. Also judicial process needs a reboot. Convicts must be brought to justice and fair trials are must. Strict action against police officers who try to hush up these case and mint money through such cases. Also society needs to understand that supressing cases gives more encouragement to rapist. So society as a whole needs to change its perception that its not always girl's fault. Usually in our society, people put most of blame on girl rather than on boy. I think this bias is more responsible for such cases and gives more encourgement to rapists.
 
Strange ! people like you also blame environment and technology for rise in rape cases where as root cause of the disease lies in upbringing of children and absence of good parenting skills. Many social surveys have revealed that this is a social problem mainly found in lower strata of the society. I believe every parent knows how their child is developing and in what type of activities they are involving themselves but fail to see future rapist in them and sometime ignore their advancement because they do not understand how to tackle this problem. Culprit's parents should also be held equally responsible for the crime. Parents should give appropriate sex education to their children at right age.
 
AnkurMalik said:
Friends,

In last couple of yrs we ve witnessed a spurt in rape cases. Delhi rape case shocked the nation in december, and now another one. there is no end to this henious crime. there may be many reasons to this. but i am equally surprised n shocked with reasons given by some people. some of dem blame porn movies, othrs blame media etc etc. on JL as well, a thread was runnig by some member blaming bollywood for all this.

wht do you think d mainn reason behind this crime?

wht could be done to improve d situation?
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Why spurt in rape cases 'shown by media in metros'?

(I'll take a different stance this time from Media's angle)

In Business Sense:-> It's economical for them to deploy their metro Van within the city (30~40 mins) to cover rape cases, and they can then play the same recording again and again, all day long. For the next 3 days,

- they invite public/expert debates, sitting at the comfort of News room, and having people added over low cost video/tele conference.
- Cover agitating people at the India gate and play the same recording all day long.

Ever wondered:
1. They don't bother to give the same magnitude of coverage of rapes in Tier-II, Tier-III cities & villages. Why?? Is the ijjat of non-metro women any lesser than the Metro Women?
2. Don't cover rapes happening in West Bengal & Madhya Pradesh. Where statistics shows the top ratings. No, It adds up to their cost significantly.
3. This saves them for the trouble of covering other important news/scandals, saving Manhours & costs.
 
yschaudhary said:
Strange ! people like you also blame environment and technology for rise in rape cases where as root cause of the disease lies in upbringing of children and absence of good parenting skills. Many social surveys have revealed that this is a social problem mainly found in lower strata of the society. I believe every parent knows how their child is developing and in what type of activities they are involving themselves but fail to see future rapist in them and sometime ignore their advancement because they do not understand how to tackle this problem. Culprit's parents should also be held equally responsible for the crime. Parents should give appropriate sex education to their children at right age.
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The researchers of these survey's don't understand the difference b/w classes psychology.

Consensual sex in upper class behind the curtains >><< Forced sex/Rape in low class.

The difference is Low class doesn't have the element of concealment of consensual sex. There ain't no options.
Whereas in upper class: Majority of girls/ladies have the advantage of no interference from parents (parents being working & busy), studying/doing job in cities away from parents/taboo attached with sex before/after marriage, moral values.Having boyf for sex is a common phenomenon.

The lower class feels the urge for likes of such upper class ladies (easy access to porn <cheap smartphones>, movies etc adds fuel to their urge), if upper class men/gents do it without a pop, why can't we.
 
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