Rape is not a new phenomenon in my country . In parts of India which remain semi feudal power rape is still common . The dalit( poor lower caste) women are the most common victims. There was no golden age when women and children freely and safely went about life. Power rape is rape when the rapists enjoys real power class caste ( social, economic , family )over victims who are forced to silently take it A lower caste agricultural worker had to present his newly wed wife to the upper caste land lord till early 20th century in my own state of Kerala . In kerala where social reform and communist movement achieved a certain social hegemony in the last century rape is comparitively rare. Now if u have already a theory on this why take the trouble of investigating further ? Fraternally NMK
On 3/19/13, 123hop at comcast.net <123hop at comcast.net> wrote:
> But why rape?...as opposed to arson, murder, revolt, riot, theft, etc.
>
> Here's my theory. Insofar as women are and represent the holding and
> nurturing aspect of social life, as society is increasingly stripped of its
> ability to hold, protect, and nourish, women become the "natural" target of
> rage against the emptying of the social.
>
> Because it's not just about poverty. The Soviet Union and eastern block and
> Cuba were "poor" countries. But the poverty was shared. Some were
> privileged, yes. But the spread was minute compared to what's going on now,
> and the social net was dense and wide. There was child care, there was
> health care, there was education, there was food, there was work. Despite
> the poverty I cannot remember any incidents of rape as in India. Children
> roamed the streets, unsupervised and unafraid.
>
> Joanna
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> Dear Comrade ,
>
> I am from India and you are right.
>
> There is a definite increase in crime due to growing disparity in wealth ,
> forced dispossession and displacement of people both urban and rural in
> the name of development , the spread of the mafia , lumpenisation of
> sections of the jobless and the spell of the hedonistic culture of pure
> consumption by the newly affluent classes and the celebration of this life
> style by the media.. Increased media attention on attack on women and
> increase in the number of reported incidents of crime including rape
> complete the picture ..
>
> Fraternally
>
> N Madhavan Kutty
>
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