Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Marry the Rapist !!!

Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan on Sunday called for respecting "the wishes of a rape victim to marry the rapist"

How many Hindi movies have we seen when a character gets raped and then the circumstances are made such that she invariable marries the rapist and during the course of the movie he dramatically realizes his mistake and changes into a good person,almost like a Phoenix rising from Ashes.

Wake up people,it does not happen in real life. People don't change their personality so drastically, and past is most of the time a good measure of a person's character.Specially if the offences is so repulsively disgusting.
How could a girls safety and happiness be guaranteed if we push her to marry the one man she has the most danger from?

There are very few things in life which  are clearly black and white and this,according to me,is one of them.
How can a victim of rape choose with her own free will to marry her own rapist? Will it not remind her of her torture over and over again,it would be like the rape lasted for her entire life.
First of all, will a raped women,living in India, have a free will? Secondly, is she emotionally & mentally ready to make such a decision? Lastly,as a society should we condone such a practice?

Even if the Above statement,by Balkrishnan is taken out of context, it is pathetic that  a Chief Justice would make such a careless choice of words.Social circumstances should not dictate law,Law should be free of any religious & social dictation.

In our society there are so many practices that are inhuman and wrong but socially accepted, since they make sense and serve the purpose of few.Hence there is a legal system to stop such offences.Its due to this legal system that we are able to bring Sati practice to justice,even if the women had consented.
According to the above argument of Balkrishnan, Sati should be also allowed if the women wants to burn with their husbands,that way no one will trouble her later and the police and judicial system will not have to protect them.Another quick fix for our honorable Chief Justice. What say Sir?

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  1. http://www.ndtv.com/news/india/chief-justice-of-india-woman-can-marry-rapist-17354.php

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