We must show support for these Indian Women

[mudskipper]

Hardly comparable to gang rape followed by hanging is it? While we do have our own problems, they are just not at the same level.
India is certainly not unique. In Uganda, for example, a major impediment to the education of girls is the risk they run just getting to school.

People live in a fantasy about the nature of much of the third world or somehow imagine that immigrants leave all their acquired tendencies behind them when they cross our borders. We are landed with the burden of tackling a plethora of problems we did not need to have.

No it's not the same. And rape is a huge problem in India, which is at least partly a cultural issue - it's seen as a social problem and not treated with the gravity it should be. But it is still a tiny of minority of people who think it's OK. Probably proportionately equivalent to the number of people who think beating up someone because of the colour of their skin, or their sexuality is OK in this country. The difference being that the law here is a lot more likely to crack down on it.

It's a problem that needs to be addressed - I read an article recently which suggested that a solution is to provide safe toilets for women to visit to stop them having to wander off to answer nature's call. That got me a bit cross - surely the answer is to castrate and lock up the bastards who treat women this way and send the message that if you do this, it won't be tolerated.

[BrilloPad]

the answer is to castrate and lock up the bastards who treat women this way and send the message that if you do this, it won't be tolerated.

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BBC News - Why are women being hanged in India?

That seems to suggest that some are hanging victims to hide evidence. They need to be castrated, hands amputated then locked up.

[MicrosoftBob]

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BBC News - Why are women being hanged in India?

That seems to suggest that some are hanging victims to hide evidence. They need to be castrated, hands amputated then locked up.

That's all a struggling democracy needs, an eye for an eye. That's one step away from sharia law

[xoggoth]

surely the answer is to castrate and lock up the bastards who treat women this way and send the message that if you do this, it won't be tolerated

I agree. Unfortunately the status of women in too many countries often prevents such crimes being treated as crimes at all and the police may often be complicit, as in the India rape case. Sometimes the girl may even be seen as responsible for allowing herself to be put in that position. While a rape, murder or serious injury here will hit the papers, such crimes are often unreported in those countries and the prevalence is greatly understated. Just 3 examples:

Uganda:

Peter Georges of the St Nicholas Uganda Children's Fund, writing about child poverty in Uganda, says defilement of school-age girls is common. "Rape is always a danger as girls travel to and from school through risky neighbourhoods at dawn and dusk.

Defilement crime on the rise in Uganda | Katine | theguardian.com

Bangladesh:

Sexual harassment is common place in garment factories and women are threatened with dismissal if they speak out.
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Even the journey to and from the workplace is fraught with danger. Women workers run the risk of rape and harassment.

LABOUR-BANGLADESH: Women Suffer Most in Garment Sweatshops | Inter Press Service

South Africa:

But such a display seems unlikely in a country where rights groups complain that rape has become normalised and lost the power to shock. In 2010-11, 56,272 rapes were recorded in South Africa, an average of 154 a day and more than double the rate in India.

South African girl's gang-rape and murder triggers political outrage | World news | theguardian.com
South Africa Rape Tragedy Behind Crime Figures

[darmstadt]

We go on about 'third world' countries but some of the 'first world' aren't so nice either:

Oklahoma Tea Party candidate claims:

Judge: Rape is okay when the 13-year-old victim is "predatory"

Women 'to blame' for being raped | Mail Online

And so on...