“The thing women have yet to learn is
nobody gives you power. You just take it.” - Roseanne Barr
The recent gang-raping of a woman in
the midnight in a moving bus in Delhi in India has drawn attention across
India. It indicates that there is no safety for the women in the independent
India. It shows the way men treat and objectify women in their real lives. Some
people blame cinema and media responsible for such atrocities on women. In
fact, cinema provides entertainment and media spreads information. Hence, it is something beyond cinema and
media.
Rape is a sexual encounter on opposite
sex without any consent. It happens usually on women by men, and in rare cases
it happens on men by women. Men rape
women through physical force while the women rape men through mental force. Rape
is an inhuman and cruel act. It is a brutal invasion of a woman’s space and freedom.
Rapists are beasts without any rational and logical mind. They go by
animalistic instincts to fulfill their sexual desires by any means.
Let us appreciate the fact that it is
natural for a politician to show his powers; a wealthy man to exhibit his
wealth; a knowledgeable man to demonstrate his wisdom; an artist to show his
talent; a sportsperson to show his skills; and a beautiful woman to show her
beauty. These are all natural tendencies among human beings. But an ordinary
individual should never think of grabbing such things without their
permission. They can work hard, smart
and wise and acquire them through an ethical and acceptable social behavior.
Id,
Ego and Super Ego
It is deplorable that Swamis and male
chauvinists blame women for moving in the midnight and maintaining indecent
attire. There are other reasons responsible for such incidents. According to the
noted psychologist, Sigmund Freud, the human mind is trifurcated into three
compartments - Id, Ego and Super Ego. Id is instinctive and irrational; Ego is
rational and logical; and Super Ego is ethical and moral. Id can be compared
with a demon; Ego can be compared with a human being; and Super Ego can be
compared with an angel. Hence, Ego is the human being carrying the demon of Id
on one side of the shoulder and the angel of Super Ego on the other side of the
shoulder. Every man encounters these three stages every time. He will be rational and logical when he is
able to crush his irrational and instinctive – Id, and allows it to be
overtaken by Ego. If he allows it further, he will appreciate from ethical
angle and stand out from others as a role-model. When we look at rapes on
women, it is the Id which is responsible for such instant and instinctive
inhuman acts. Although desire to have
sex is a natural one for every human being the human mind must think logically
and rationally that it is essential to have consent of opposite sex to have sex.
But sometimes men are instigated in the wrong company of friends and resort to
such heinous acts. At the same time, women must understand the basic body
language to convey right signals to others in public place. Some women don’t realize that they send
tempting signals to others unconsciously from their body language. Mistaking
such signals as welcoming gestures, men resort to such inhuman acts ending up
in a fiasco.
Remedial
Measures
Parental upbringing matters a lot to
check atrocities on women and prevent rapes. Parents must teach their children
how to behave with fairer sex. NGOs can take active part in helping the
victims; checking the atrocities on women; and highlight such brutal acts to
serve as deterrent. Men must empathize that they were born to women. They should not get intoxicated by irrational
and instant sexual temptations.
Women must take precautions to defend
from such rogues by mastering the basics of martial arts and using them at an
appropriate time to defend themselves. They can also send message through their
cell phones to police to get timely assistance when they sense that some
untoward incident is going to take place.
They must also learn the basics of body language that tempt men to
resort to rape. The existing Indian laws
are not enough, and hence, it is time to plug the loopholes in the law to avert
such incidents. Government must provide more security cover to women. Men’s
perception towards women must change. There must be a drastic change in the
mindsets of men towards women to respect and treat women with dignity.
Conclusion
Indian men must not treat women as
sexual objects. They must respect the egos, emotions and feelings of women.
They must empathize with women. Before advancing a woman with evil intentions
men must think a number of times about the women in their family. If they think in that way, and empathize with
women the atrocities on women will come down.
Swami Vivekananda rightly said, “All
nations have attained greatness by paying proper respect to women.” Hence, let
us respect women to attain greatness. Let us not forget that we all were born from
the wombs of women.
“Life on the planet is born of woman.”
- Adrienne Riche
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