The Regressive Idea of Women’s Safety
Something about the way India talks about women makes me deeply uncomfortable. A minor girl is raped, and suddenly the conversation is about how women should be protected.
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Something about the way India talks about women makes me deeply uncomfortable.
A minor girl is raped, and suddenly the conversation is about how women should be protected.
People discuss women's behaviour, language, clothes, relationships and choices.
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Something about the way India talks about women makes me deeply uncomfortable. A minor girl is raped, and suddenly the conversation is about how women should be protected. People discuss women's behaviour, language, clothes, relationships and choices.
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- Following the incident, LSR cancelled physical classes for a day and shifted classes online, citing concerns about student safety.
- Why is the world still so unsafe for women that the solution to violence is to restrict women's access to it?
- Recently, a 17-year-old girl was allegedly gang-raped in Aastha Kunj Park near Delhi's Kalkaji.
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A college near the crime shifts classes online.
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