2021-12-01 India-Pakistan
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It's time to talk about consent
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[GEO.TV] Pakistain has an extremely high rate of rape cases, according to somewhat ’unreliable’ statistics gathered on the topic. The problem in putting together ’reliable’ statistics is based on the issue of what laws are in place in the country, how many rapes are reported, how many incidents of sexual assault are classified as rape, and other similar factors. However,
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We do know that in Pakistain around 10 rape cases are reported daily, and out of these cases, only 77 percent of those accused are convicted.The PTI government had put forward a plan to deal with rape; with the PM calling for the chemical castration of rapists. The provision for legal chemical castration was, however, taken back by the government after the Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) said that such punishment was un-Islamic. We do not know why the prime minister had not properly researched before putting out his frequently repeated opinions that chemical castration is the best way to deal with rapists. Chemical castration is a process which induces large amounts of a female hormone ’progesterone’ into the body, reducing a man’s ability to carry out any kind of physical sex. However,
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it does not prevent assault in other forms and can have extremely serious side effects, including the development of feminine features in the man and acute depression.
For this reason, it has been described as an unacceptable punishment by Amnesia Amnesty International and other groups, and as one which should never be carried out without being accompanied by therapy and counselling sessions by other experts. In Europe, chemical castration is used in some countries but not as a form of punishment, but as a course of treatment on the request of a person who is guilty of multiple sex crimes and may feel that he requires help to overcome whatever problems he faces which trigger his violent mostly peaceful behaviour towards those weaker than him.
In Pakistain, we need to understand that rape is not a sexual offence as such, but an exhibition of power over a weak person. This is perhaps the reason why even five-year-old girls are rape victims. The frequently given assertion that women’s clothes, for example more revealing clothes, ’tempt’ men in some way to rape them is ludicrous and is not backed out by scientific evidence anywhere in the world.
It is also true that rape cases are not limited to Pakistain. Botswana recorded the world’s second-highest number of rape cases in 2020. This figure also changes as it depends on how the crimes are counted.
Pakistain has to figure out a way to deal with the problem. Women and child’s rights activists, such as those who organise the Aurat March, condemn chemical castration and describe it as an inhumane form of punishment. The answer lies in teaching men about consent, the importance of moving ahead with any gesture or association only when there is full consent, and empowering women to report rape far more frequently. Women should also be encouraged to carry pepper spray, as has become more common in neighbouring India where New Delhi, the capital, faces the problem of rising rape cases.
Indeed, pepper spray cans and visits to cop shoppes to report rape — the two actions that ought to be carried out by women — cannot be the only answer to the problem. Instead, like Sweden, we need to ensure that perpetrators of rape are punished on a timely basis and sentenced to imprisonment — as prescribed in the Pakistain Penal Code (PPC) — and that such punishments are meted out regularly and without discrimination. Too often, women do not move ahead with rape cases because of how they are treated during the investigation process, making the crime even worse.
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