Sunday, April 7, 2013

Real Life Example

Argument: In India if some girls who wear exposing dresses have higher chances of being raped 
                  If you wear exposing dresses in India 
                  You will be raped
vs. 
                 The world is changing and the best way to take the country forward is by accepting change and more importantly respecting women. 
                 Parties are blaming women for what a man wants. They want fully covered women like the olden times because they are not accepting change 
                 Therefore, if the countries are not accepting change they will not move forward. 

 This a typical argument made by a prominent political party of India - Shiv Sena. In the past, the party has had girls who have gone to pubs, beaten up because they were not wearing fully covering dresses. The act was brutal and they faced the negative views of the feminine society. However, other fundamentalists society members believed that their act was justified and that rapes occur because girls over-expose themselves in public. Most of the communities of India are still backward in their thinking. They always believe in what the power holder says - a common fallacy of 'Appeal to Authority'. "If a party like Shiv Sena is saying this and they are completely correct." 

I am against this idea. Mainly because firstly with a progressing world, the acceptance of women is becoming ideal. If a nation which holds a woman as their president, who have women as their Goddesses treat women like targets for sexist oppression. And moreover, they are blamed for the wants of men. Such countries will not move forward if they do not accept the terms of 'equality' and accept the changes in society. If a man can do absolutely anything and wear absolutely anything why should a woman be stopped? I agree that she becomes a target of rape but it is because of the uncontrollable urges of a man that she has to limit herself or lock herself up in the way she does not want to. In a party pub, would you expect a woman to be wearing a full sleeved Indian suit which would not allow her to move or even enjoy herself whilst the men can move freely and have an amazing time? 



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