Tag Archive: Rape culture

Dec 28 2012

Since the rapists started harassing her

And then there’s the rape victim in India who killed herself yesterday. She was being harassed by the rapists. That’s right. First they rape her, then they make her life hell afterwards because. The police also got in on the act, making her report to the police station late at night and tell them all …

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Dec 28 2012

The news from India

Avicenna is on his way out to the protest, to provide medical coverage. He was already getting ready to go when the victim’s death was reported; now he expects riots. Be careful, Avi. Meanwhile, experts were giving their views in the hours before the victim lost the fight. “Had the girl simply surrendered (and not …

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Dec 28 2012

Tho thorry their thentimenth got hurt

NPR reports on the Delhi rape victim and rape culture in India (without calling it that). The victim of a gang-rape in New Delhi fought for her life at a Singapore hospital Friday as officials in the Indian state of Punjab fired and suspended police officers accused of ignoring the rape of another woman, who …

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