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Changing Facets Of Sexual Offences - An Indian Outlook
emphasis sex-motivated curity, deprivation and esty. It tends deflect an
B expressions, Karl Marx on hostility and arising out active involvement and
R the economic motivation, of ignorance of his true participation so that men
O Nietszhe on the power nature of sat, chitta and cannot be held to be at
W motivation, the Bhagwat ananda. fault. Blame, however,
A Gita rests on theory of lies with those who pro-
R functional sense, in the Sexual offences are cov- duce these obscene rep-
D
evolution process, the di- ered under the following resentations including the
vision into two sexes was Acts of Parliament- women who appear in
U brought about by nature it. Intelligent, well built
N only for the purpose of 1. Indecent Representation and groomed, half clad
I procreation of reproduc- of Women (Prohibition) women on the cover page
V tivity of species and must, Act, 1986 of Cosmopolitan or Sports
E therefore, should have Illustrated-swimming suit
R limited to monogamous 2. Indian Penal Code, issue all over the world
S relationship behind closed 1860 provokes more sexuality
I doors. But in the chang- than bare adivasi rustic
T ing social environment it 3. Suppression of Im-
Y has come out on the roads moral Traffic in Women
and places of work and as and Girls Act, 1956
2 a result of constant aware-
0 ness, easy accessibility 4. Dowry Prohibition
2 has resulted in increasing Act, 1961
0 exhibition of sexuality
and thereby the commis- Obscenity and indecent
sion of sexual offences. representation of wom-
Sexual offences are acts en
or expressions of violence
and perversion unleashed The sexual represen-
on the weakest available tation of women in
female in the safest pos- cross-culture is an is-
sible circumstances by the sue of grave concern.
stronger male as a result Obscenity is a threat to
of feelings of anger, frus- the purity of women’s
tration, depression, inse- sexuality and her mod-
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