PaRCha - JNU - AISA chits - 2013 ID-14417

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What Was She Wearing.

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I'm sick of the question - How was she dressed?.

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Show me the man slumped over the counter with a bullet in his head join.

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Dressed like someone who deserves to be dead. Public Meeting.

Tell me the 6 year old girl assaulted in church was asking for it..

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Or the girl raped in gym class looked like a slut in those sweat pants..

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What clothes - pulled from what rack Patriarchy, State,.

Will prevent an attack?.

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Tell me the store - and I'll go back Gender Violence :.

And buy the right clothes this minute - Tasks Ahead.

The out·it that prevents rape if you're in it..

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See I didn't understand.

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I didn't understand that I could buy a shirt that says `I deserve to be hurt' speakers.

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I had no clue I could put on a shoe Nivedita Menon JNU.

That says do whatever you want to do to me.

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See, your needs come ·irst Suddhabrata Sengup-.

After all I am wearing a tight skirt ta.

Instead of the assault-proof dress.

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And I notice that you have the fault-proof vest Sarai, CSDS.

So it's my fault I guess.

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Apparently I didn't say No as loud as my clothes could say Yes Kavita Krishnan.

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See I didn't know that my No wasn't enough national secy AIPWA,.

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I didn't understand that my body became less precious.

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`Cause certain dresses made me look hot 2 Jan Today.

And I guess if I'm wearing the wrong top Shipra Mess.

Then my yes is the same as my `Stop'.

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And you shouldn't have to, just because I begged you to 3.00pm.

I'm begging you, tell me the magic out·it and I'll buy it.

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Apparently my No wasn't heard even when I screamed.

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So I need my clothes to be quiet. - Steve Connell.

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ACT NOW: End Gender Violence! Carry Forward the Struggle for Women's Freedom and Equality!.

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The 23-year-old Delhi gang-rape victim finally succumbed to her injuries on 29 December morning after battling on bravely for.

13 days. The unknown young woman will go down in history as one of India's most memorable fighters for the cause of justice.

and freedom for India's women - freedom without the fear of violence and fetters of patriarchal domination..

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The courage of that brave fighter has unleashed spontaneous waves of movements on the streets. But now, the political class.

and the government, after the most callous apathy and repression, has begun to respond with a range of token gestures and.

palliatives. Can the scar inflicted by the brutal gang-rape be healed by such hollow gestures?.

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Is rape an alien cancer in mainstream society? Or in fact, is it the most violent and sordid expression of a deep-seated prejudice.

and structural discrimination against women that defines mainstream society and culture in India today? Even at this height of.

the ongoing country wide protest, that a range of political leaders of various ruling parties could make vicious sexist comments.

and then get away with token `apology' and the respective parties refusing to take any action against them, are a shocking.

pointer to the misogynist mindset of the ruling elite. Similarly, leaders of several parties have made comments blaming the.

rape victim herself..

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Further, casteist rape, communal rape, and custodial rape - all very often sponsored by and patronised by the State and.

dominant social groups, is shameful reminder that rape remains a favoured weapon by dominant sections or by the State on.

marginalised and oppressed people. The two previous landmarks of the women's movement against sexual violence in India.

have both been custodial rapes - the Mathura rape case in which policemen raped an adivasi teenager and then were acquitted.

by a court which held that Mathura had been `habituated to sex'; and the powerful movement spearheaded by Manipuri women.

in 2004 against the AFSPA following the rape and murder of Thangjam Manorama..

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The Government is attempting to address the ongoing agitation with some flashy and sensational `solutions,' divorced from.

the actual tough questions asked by the women's movement. It is important to foreground those tough questions and refuse.

to allow them to be deflected by a high-pitched debate on extraneous issues..

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Changes in rape laws and other laws dealing with discrimination and violence against women, and more importantly with the.

mechanism of implementation and the justice delivery system, are of urgent importance and the government must be forced to.

adopt an inclusive and transparent democratic process in proper consultation with women's movement to bring about much-.

needed and much-awaited changes in this direction..

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But the impetus generated by the December upsurge in Delhi and across the country cannot and must not be allowed to be.

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lost in a battle exclusively concerned with legal provisions for justice to rape victims. Already we have seen the protests target.

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instances of victim-blaming and rape culture. In the latest instance, a successful campaign took place against the offensive.

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rape-celebrating lyrics of rapper Honey Singh. We need to face and question every aspect of patriarchal culture that fosters.

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rape and other forms of violence against women. The movement must remain alive, and become part of the daily life.

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breath of our society, doing daily battle with entrenched patriarchal common sense..

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Shweta Raj Student Representative to GSCASH Minakshi JNUSU Representative to.

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