Do we really care for her? || Acharya Prashant

Full Video: Rape and Retribution: Perspectives on Justice || Interview with Acharya Prashant (2019)

Transcript

00:00So many women are murdered everyday.

00:02Does their murder make headlines?

00:04Look at the number of homicide cases.

00:06Look at the number of women who are being murdered everyday.

00:08Most people don't bat an eyelid.

00:10But rape is sensational.

00:12It is rape that interests people.

00:14Are people really interested in the welfare of women?

00:16No. Look at their approach towards women.

00:18But the moment a woman gets raped

00:20then there is a big hue and cry.

00:22That will tell you our approach

00:24towards women's sexuality

00:26and the women's body.

00:28How is it that the common man

00:30of this country is involved

00:32in so much of female feticide?

00:34I want to ask.

00:36One murder has taken place

00:38and the entire country is up in arms.

00:40Where are the millions of missing girls?

00:42Who murdered them?

00:44And why didn't people talk of them?

00:46People didn't talk of them because

00:48it was the people who murdered those girls.

00:50How many girls are being killed per day

00:52by this common man of the country?

00:54What right does he have

00:56to shout on the streets

00:58and ask for blood?