Rape, Molestation Are On Rise Around Us... But Hey! Let's Carry On With the "Whataboutery"!

Every time someone expresses one's concern over how women in our country are ceaselessly facing the evils of rape, molestation and discrimination, they are unabashedly ridiculed by a large host of people who come with the absurd whataboutery to counter legit arguments against misogyny and harassment.

Anyway, certain numbers have come forward through the minister of state for home affairs revealing the horrible truth which the enemies of womankind are bent on denying.

As many as 140 cases of rape and 238 cases of molestation were registered by Delhi Police in January this year alone, of which 43 and 133 cases respectively remain unsolved. 

The number of rape cases registered in 2016 was 2,155, of which 291 were unsolved, while there were 4,165 molestation cases of which 1,132 are unsolved. 

There were 36 rape cases registered against Delhi Police personnel in the years 2014, 2015 and 2016. Of these, 28 were registered in Delhi and 8 in other states. While two of these cases were cancelled or quashed, in six cases there were aquittals while 28 cases are pending trial or investigation. 

Ninety cases of molestation and 9 cases of eve-teasing were also registered against Delhi Police personnel in these three years. 

The details were tabled in the Rajya Sabha by minister of state for home affairs Hans Raj Ahir during Question Hour. 

According to the details provided by the minister, 51 cases of eve-teasing were registered, of which 25 remain unsolved. 

“The reasons for unsolved cases vary from case to case. However, some of the main reasons include non- identification of the accused person, stay on the arrest of the accused by courts, insufficient evidence or the accused person is absconding and not traceable,” the minister said.

-Report by PTI 

 

Unwilling to Be Just Another Man With an Opinion, I Half- heartedly Pen Down My Anger, Pointing Out the Enemy For You

I'll be honest, and confess before you that I've been reluctant to write about this.

That the events in Bengaluru were a sad state of affairs is something a majority have agreed on. But, with a difference in perspective. The much required display of solidarity and unity against something that is plaguing an entire nation is nowhere in sight yet. And the more I listen to people, the more I am depressed. In fact, listening to my own thoughts makes me melancholic, for I realize that they lack a certain vitality which is needed to inspire change.You see, I'm a plain man, and I have my insecurities towards the women I love, which unfortunately stand against my feminist virtues. That, however is a different story; one which I shall leave for another time.

For now, there is something that angers me. Lately, after listening, reading and skimming through opinions of a wide range of people across the nation, I find myself being full of wrath at how the actual issue is being pushed down into invisibility with the opinions each one of us has to give. The outrage of people, men and women alike, who have always stood for women's rights is understood and justified, and I wish a majority of concerned folks falls in line with them, so that they feel confident enough to abandon armchair activism and engage in a form of revolution that works with sweat and blood. But, what reveals the much disheartening root of evil is this: politicians blaming women, politicians blaming politicians, journalists blaming journalists, and everyone blaming the police, the politicians and the journalists. To add to these woes, there is another brigade- one that justifies molestation, laying the blame of all the misogyny upon something called "western mindset." In this brigade are men who opine about the feminine population of the entire country with hatred that is brewed within them either after a failed love interest or following an event when they were asked to vacate a seat reserved for women, perhaps. And these men come together on various platforms to form an unruly herd that voices out its own blame- game.They don't target politicians, or policemen, or journalists. In fact, they don't even shame the culprits once the sorry scoundrels are caught. Their blame lies just upon that one gender: that of the female. And they are the people we need to hunt and shut down. They are the ones who won't allow the population of this nation to unify against the evil that is misogyny.

And finding them is not difficult at all. They are everywhere. They are the ones you catch ogling at you, or your sister, or your friend, or your lady love, and yet ignore their shameful act. They are the ones who hurl lewd remarks at you, or your sister, or your friend, or your lady love, while all you do is either blame yourself or your sister, or your friend, or your sweetheart for wearing those "revealing outfits." Those perverted minds are the ones to be blamed. NOT THE WOMAN WHO IS ON THE RECEIVING END!

And once you know the culprits, all you need to do is get up from that smug chair of yours, seek the balance within yourself to become a formidable weapon, and then get out in the streets where our women are subjected to the lust of fell beasts who have dared to call themselves "men."

Unify. Gather your strength. Fume with fury, and attack misogyny right at the mouth that spits forth its vile name.