SHE and Rape

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The alarming rate by which rapes are increasing in the country is shocking. It won't be wrong to say that it has become more of a trend. The media does everything to publicize it and the Parliament does nothing to improve it. The safety of women is in question, indeed. The mass riots, petitions and 'what not', had somehow failed to bring to notice, that women are not only being raped but also being brutally slaughtered for nothing. Public harassment has become common for those victims who survive. People tend to treat victims as dirt and untouchables and all that I am jotting down is neither new to people who will read this. I get mails regularly that ask me to sign and support petitions regarding the availability of tax free sanitary napkins or for say supporting some cause like increasing the employment opportunities for women. I do sign those petitions and even support them because they are actually doing something instead of nothing. But what about some huge steps that we can take for girls and women of this country and prevent if not totally, but significantly the present survival conditions of the female population. Is not the population of this country more than that of our dear Parliament? Obviously I don't intend to sound like Kanhaiya Kumar, but I can't help. I am not being dramatic either because my parents and I ,myself, are not sure about my safety. It is a familiar thing with many, many people of my sex. I am worried,and so are many like me. What about you?

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