Are women safe in our country????

Is every women born in our country an

object for the pleasures of man? Is she born to be

harassed and humiliated and just be thrown into the

waste bin? Is there no value for the pain and hardships

that she suffers during her lifetime? India is a country

with a patriarchal society, where the crimes against

women are increasing day by day. There is no safety for

women in such a society. Equal rights are provided for

both men and women by the constitution of our country.

Yet women are not granted any of her basic necessities or

rights. Men consider her only as an object to do all the

chores- looking after the children, washing, cleaning,

cooking etc. They not even consider her as a human

being. They forget the fact that she is also made of flesh

and blood, who has all the feelings like any other human

being. If at all she expresses her sorrow or her miseries,

the patriarchal society calls her a feminist. She is not

claiming for her supremacy over the males, but only

expressing her suppressed feelings. She is fighting for her

rights.

The shameful and masked face of our society

provokes us to question the safety rules and laws of the

society. Are these rules and laws followed in our society?

If it was followed strictly, then the safety of women would

never have degraded to such a low level. Rape cases are

on the rise in India. Girls, women and even small children

are brutally raped and quite often killed. For all these

cruelties the whole blame is upon women. It is at this time

that certain questions arise. Why men get provoked at the

sight of a woman? What is the motive behind him that

leads him to such a cruel act? One of the reasons is that

there are no strict laws for punishing the criminals. There

are costly lawyers to advocate them and save them from

the loop holes. They are being favoured even in jails; as a

result of which they easily escape from these cases.

Another fact that comes to the forefront is that most of the

cases go unnoticed. In India, there have been cases where

girls are given hand in marriage to the rapists itself.

Marriage for the rapists is only a means of escape from

the case. It is not only the case in cities, even in rural

areas women are harassed, oppressed and tortured to

death. Self defence is a measure that proves to be a great

extent successful where the judiciary fails. Children

should be given tips and measures for their self defence.

They should also be given guidance to respect each other

from a very young age itself.

The attitude of the society is a major factor

that leads to these problems. The traditional and blind

faith of the people in the rural areas have resulted in the

loss of many lives mainly young girls. All these problems

can be solved to a great extent by bringing a change in

the attitude of the society. The society which considers

women as objects and commodities should consider them

as human beings who have the right to lead a normal and

happy life and it’s high time to adopt strong and effective

laws to prevent crimes against women.