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Changing Facets Of Sexual Offences - An Indian Outlook

a prison sentence for rape Of late there has been an
B 8. Gender education is considerably under- alarming increase in cases
R is necessary for it will mined by its erratic appli- relating to harassment, tor-

O promote understand- cation. Only a very small ture, abetted suicides and
W ing between males and percentage of men who dowry deaths of young
A females, which will en- commit rape get punished innocent brides. This

R courage men to identify for it by imprisonment. growing cult of violence
D with women, which will More than half the cases and exploration of young

remove the ease with are not reported. Of the brides, though keeps on
U which men can deper- reported half the men do sending shock waves to
N sonalize women, which not eventually go to prison the civilized society when-

I will blur the daunting for the crime so long as ever it happens, continues
V and destructive edges of half the men tried, do not unabated. There is a con-

E masculinity and feminin- deserved prison sentences stant erosion of the basic
R ity. the notion of rape-being human values of tolerance
S one of the most serious and the spirit of “live and

I Analysis of the offender crimes seems farfetched. let live” lack of education
T will provide some clues to and economic dependence

Y deal with him. Research- Dowry deaths, bride burn- of women have encour-
ers have established that ing aged the greedy perpetra-
2 majority of sexual of- tors of the crime.

0 fences are committed in A survey on “Why women
2 cases where the female burn? conducted by Sun- The Dowry Prohibition

0 is known to the male. In jay Suri and Sevanti Ni- Act was enacted in 1961
these cases girls of tender ham, brings forth the op- and has been amended

age and development fall pressive attitude towards from time to time but his
easy prey to elder male women on her giving birth piece of social legislation
members. The other cases to a female child. The keeping in view the grow-

are either by way of retri- survey published in parts, ing menace of the social
bution by a caste against shows society treats wom- evil, also does not appear

another or by those who en as a chattel and no ef- to have served much pur-
have developed a sadistic fort is made to change the pose as dowry seekers are
tendency. attitude of men towards hardly brought to book

women. and convictions recorded
The punishment factor of are rather few.

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