Women's Rights Protests in India

In India, violence against women has recently become a major issue. On December 16^th, a young paramedical student was returning home from seeing Life of Pi. She was lured aboard a bus and repeatedly raped; she was thrown naked from the bus and left for dead. The woman spent two weeks in the hospital before dying. Similar events have been occurring more and more frequently in India over the past few years. These accounts of rape and abuse are a result of the government promoting girls’ education, women in the work force, and women’s greater autonomy. In Indian culture ordinarily, women are supposed to be wives and mothers. As women grow more independent, men grow more uncomfortable. Gang rape has become a method to subdue women and establish male superiority. Now, India as a nation is recognizing the impact of this violence. Protests are breaking out and attempting to bring about change in gender relations in India.

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