happened the other day. The papers were full of a young mother of two being raped in a car.
What did she do? - she went to a nightclub with her friends to unwind. However, she stayed on after her friends left and accepted a ride back home from some decent-looking and decent-sounding young men.
She was brutally assaulted and raped and then dumped
A 54-year-old Minister of State in the Trinamool Congress Government goes: "Why did a woman with kids at home, who is separated from her husband, go to a nightclub. For all you know, she may still be drinking at a club."
Unbelievable is the only word I can think of because my mind is churning with all kinds of thoughts.
The only thing which this unfortunate lady did was to not go home with her friends, and to accept the offer of a ride by young boys she had just met. (As it happens these boys were from upper middle class families!!!)
It is a painful but true fact that our society is not ready for emancipated women. In fact, hypocritical society that we are, our goddesses are emancipated and are worshiped with much fanfare, but real-life women are treated little better than chattels, to be treated any which way. So why give men a chance to use their brute strength.
It is terribly sad that women have to go on playing second fiddle to men, who are most of the time somewhere in the region of pond scum.
We must never put ourselves in a situation that has the potential (maybe a remote one) of turning ugly. We need to use our wits to best men, and live our lives the way we want, and believe me we have the wits to do so...
Every woman has every right to want to unwind, to want a life of her own, to be herself...whether she is in college, or is a mother, or is a grandmother - she has the right to enjoy life her way... .There aren't too many opportunities for women to relax and unwind, but we can do it, and we must - only thing is that we have to be careful, and there are even times we cannot be too careful. Predators and marauders do go about in sophisticated coverings...
I hope no woman after reading this mishap buckles down - every woman has a right to her life and every right to want to make her life something, and this she should never ever give up. We can and we must and we have to be able to look at ourselves in the mirror every day, and walk with our head high. We truly have to believe we are not second to anyone.....and have as much right to this earth as anyone else....Being careful is just a tiny price to pay.....