WHY MEN RAPE?

1815 Hours, 11 Mar - #WhyMenRape with Tara Kaushal #WomensDayWeekExclusive. Deciphering rape and its basis in how most men are brought up on false notions of masculinity and a deep sense of entitlement.

Two words: #MeToo. That's what it took to turn the world's attention to the magnitude of sexual harassment, assault, and #crimesagainstwomen

We talk about how many women were raped, not about how many men thought it was their right to rape women and how it was covered up by state and society. We talk about how many women at the workplace were harassed, not about how male employees harass women with a misplaced sense of entitlement! We awaken when a #NirbhayaIncident happens and cry out for justice and yet stay apathetic when the Government employs PR agencies to cover up a rape in #Hathras or when the #ChiefClown in #SupremeCourt #SharadArvindBobde gives stupid advice to a Rapist and makes a mockery of a #HeinousCrime like #Rape.

Women who accuse men, particularly powerful men, of harassment are often confronted with the reality of the men’s sense that they are more important than women, as a group.. This sense of importance and privilege is the manifestation of feudal, patriarchal male dominated societies. Sexual harassment, abuse and rape are above all, a manifestation of power relations. Mostly women are victims because they more often than men lack power, are in more vulnerable and insecure positions, lack self confidence, or have been #socialized to #SufferInSilence, while men have been nurtured to think they are more privileged and powerful than women.

In Why Men Rape, #TaraKaushal sets out to understand the reasons through a detailed investigation which includes meetings with nine men who have an inclination to commit acts of sexual violence. The men interviewed for the book belong to all sections of society: a doctor who raped his twelve-year-old patient; an unemployed youth who decided to kill his former lover; a youth who gang raped; a serial gang rapist who doesn't believe rape exists. Alongside, the author gives insights from myriad survivors; world-famous experts; a jail inmate who observes and provides us with a commentary on the worldview of rape convicts inside a prison; and many more. At a time when sexual violence is crippling our society, Why Men Rape marks an important contribution towards making us aware of the problem, and finding a way to stop it.

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