Every since December, female tourists and Indian women have
been on alert when traveling in India.
Security has been visibly ramped up since a young 23 year old woman was
brutally raped and eventually died of her wounds. Women are urged to “observe stringent
security precautions, including avoiding use of public transport after dark
without the company of known and trustworthy companions, restricting evening
entertainment to well-known venues, and avoiding isolated areas when alone at
any time of day.” They are also told not
to travel alone, wear revealing clothing, drink or smoke in public, or be
overly friendly. Rape incidences are
higher in the US than in India, but the vigilance with which many urban women
conduct their day-to-day lives feels more constant and more intense. This is a
reality that Indian women have to live.
This is very disturbing to know that this happens so
frequently in one area. The intensity of
knowing that death may be approaching just from being a woman is even harder to
grasp along with all of the other issues women face, just from being a woman. Being that this is being more recognized in
the news I’m wandering will the chances increase, will anything be done to
protect these women? In the article
nothing was mentioned about anyone receiving any jail time for the women who
had been raped and the women who had died from the incidences. If there isn’t anything being done to catch
these indeed criminals, then what message will be sent to future harassers? To
keep going, you won’t get caught. I hope
something is done immediately to protect the lives of these young women, they
have a full life ahead. It’s hard to
believe though this has been a nightmare to women since 2008 being that the
country has 6.5 million visitors a year.
You would think something would have been done and the numbers would
decrease.
Deanna Thompson
3/21/2013 6:21pm
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