Delhi: Victim to Blame

Source: The Telegraph

http://www.telegraph.co.uk

Date accessed: 3 February, 2015

Recently in Delhi, a man by the name of Mukesh Singh was convicted of raping Jyoti Singh, a 23 year old woman. Singh reported in a jail interview that he simply is not to blame for raping the young girl, as she was asking for it by being out late at night. He stated that women out late at night are only there "to attract the attention of gangs and male molesters" (The Telegraph) and are therefore to blame for what happens to them. This speaks monstrosities to the way women are treated, portrayed, oppressed in Delhi. Women are subject to blame for anything that happens to them, because they are to subdue to their male inferiors. Other recent news reported on the rape have Singh's names in headlines while the victim, Jyoti Singh, remains but a number. The disturbance that is victim blaming is not an uncommon occurrence, even in the United States. Victim upon victim are blamed for being in the wrong place, wearing the wrong clothes, saying the wrong thing, whatever will get the perpetrator painted in a new-perhaps in a good-light; what is left to the fine print of these reports is the wrong doing of the male rapist.


The more infamous picture to go along with this story is this:

Source: The Telegraph

http://www.telegraph.co.uk

Date accessed: 3 February, 2015

This is the picture of the rapist, who seems to be receiving more attention than the victim herself.

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