Supreme Court advocate thinks good girls dont get raped
By vanny
@vandana7 (100524)
India
January 18, 2013 11:05am CST
I think I believe him.
I mean which good girl would want to study and work? Good girls dont work, they remain good by becoming a burden on their family for dowries.
There is no litmus test for good girls, right?
Reminds me of Our Father in heaven..."do not put us through the test, but deliver us from evil". If there is no test, there is no evil...or is it a silent way of telling god that even if you do put us through the test, be kind enough to save us from the evil one.
I for one think the Supreme Court advocate is the evil one...and so am I. I want his wife and daughter to be raped.
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33 responses
@hora_fugit (5862)
• India
18 Jan 13
No, seriously, I don't agree. Not with him and not with your last statement. Why should THEY be raped??
To or not to get raped is not something one can'do'. It is purely absurd to say something like that. And besides, is he trying to justify rape? Or is there a new identification of good girls: ones who are not raped, yet?
Am too tired right now and find myself quite incoherent... hope it makes sense to someone... see you
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@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
19 Jan 13
for God's sakes she is just making a p oint of how angry she is with that advocate for what he daid. She is n ot evil.
@andy77e (5156)
• United States
19 Jan 13
No matter how angry you could ever possibly make me, there is no way I would ever, at any point, actually wish that you, or anyone you know, were ever raped for any reason.
We may disagree, even to the point of seething anger, and I would never wish such a thing to happen. That's plain evil.
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@prashu228 (37524)
• India
19 Jan 13
Hi andy
yeah you are right in your point of view , but thinking and showing he anger will change from person to person so there is nothing wrong in her words. She just quoted those lines ( may be she forgot to add how that lawyer will feel now and how will he respond , Will he use the same words Good girls don't get raped ). I can see that you are taking the Words Personally .
@urbandekay (18278)
•
18 Jan 13
"I want his wife and daughter to be raped."
Be careful what you wish for!
all the best, urban
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@vandana7 (100524)
• India
19 Jan 13
Even if I'd sincerely wished it to happen, it wont, because I bet he is married to one of the ugliest ladies in the town, who paid a hefty dowry to marry a person like him, and remained submissive to him whatever were his atrocities, simply because she had no choice. Who would want that ugly lady anyway...not even the rapist. He had the audacity to say good girls are not touched by the dons...makes me sick to the core.
@bellis716 (4799)
• United States
19 Jan 13
I agree with you, to a point. I'm sure that you do not really wish evil upon innocent persons. It does seem to me, though, that men are using the threat of r*pe to keep women "in their place". The only thing that is going to change this is education, which will come about slowly, as it must start with very young children. Young girls must be taught to respect themselves and believe in equality of the s*xes. The boys, also, must be taught respect for all persons regardless of gender. It's a hard row to hoe for males to learn to accept that females have the same rights as they. That is why education must begin in the crib. In the meantime, laws need to be enacted that protect females, and they must be enforced. Always, females must take care not to dress or act exotically. In other words, she should be above reproach at all times. I believe that in the USA, women have, at times, taken advantange of their freedoms.
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@sid556 (30959)
• United States
19 Jan 13
I see what Hatley is saying here. It has nothing at all to do with how a woman is dressed. Rape is about control and power and has nothing at all to do with a woman's innocence or lack of it. those things don't matter to a rapist. Good girls do get raped and so do ugly women and age is not a factor either. Bottom line is that it does not matter the cause,.,..it is NEVER ok.
@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
19 Jan 13
I am an American and I resent that a lot as no women no matter what she wears deserves to be raped at all ever. You make us
sound like you think we are all just a b unch of w.h.o.r.e.s here; ju just inviting someopne to rape us. You forget this is an open foru m to p;eople from all over the wor ld and as its vased dhere in the US there are a lot of us Americans here so soft pedal mean talk about us American women.
@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
19 Jan 13
typos someone not someopne and people not that mess. sorry
forgot to edit.WE do take advantage of our freedom as w e are proud to be in the l and of the free and the brave so back off.
@matersfish (6306)
• United States
18 Jan 13
By "good girl," I take it he means a submissive girl.
So basically he's saying: If a girl submits to a man's will, she won't be raped. Which is also a way to say, "If you just let him do it, then it's not rape."
People's attitudes in the world, in 2013 no less, surprise the hell out of me.
Some of our morons here claim rape is the will of the gods and other nonsense.
But that being said, I don't think anyone deserves to get raped. His wife and daughter being raped is his wife and daughter, not him.
Maybe you should hope he gets raped. Men get raped too.
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@vandana7 (100524)
• India
19 Jan 13
I bet he would be submissive when he is raped..
Good girl definition by these men is hard to understand...
I mean...they dont want girls to earn because girls who earn can decide right and wrong and exercise their rights, and get help from others if things are bad in their home. But worst...girls who work dont bring dowries, or the dowries they bring is considerably lower. That is so insulting for the men!!! They are forced to marry such girls because there is shortage of girls. And then they take out their frustration on them...
I think more rapes are reported because girls are educated. They want to fight back. In the past, girls were raped as often, but they kept quiet about it. And what justification this crazy man has for the rape of three or four years old...were they seducing the guys ..? Disgusting.
@franseman (516)
• Philippines
18 Jan 13
OMG, then I got you completely wrong.SORRY!!!
Well, all men that rape women should be punished. There is NEVER an excuse. I read about that lawyer and thought:This man is crazy!!
Also read thaat in some psrt of India women are not allowed to wear jeans anymore. That's weird. Men should learn to control themselves!!
@artemeis (4194)
• China
19 Jan 13
Not insulting your country's bad traditions, but it is evident this is how the majority view womenfolks. I would not be surprise this would actually sell the jury in the fast track court that is hearing this case.
The rapists will eventually get acquitted and the advocate's women will get what you wished for them.
@salonga (27775)
• Philippines
21 Jan 13
It is bad to think ill of other people no matter what. I can't imagine myself being a woman to wish another woman to get raped whether they be my enemies or not. I don't know what is in your mind but I simply can't understand why a woman like you would wish that way. But anyway, you yourself admitted you are the evil one and now perhaps I understand why.
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@prashu228 (37524)
• India
19 Jan 13
yeah i can clearly understand that you more than MAD on that lawyer , and your intentions are clearly seen . I think you wanna ask this same question to that lawyer if he come in front of you.
@thesids (22180)
• Bhubaneswar, India
19 Jan 13
It is pathetic that this advocate waited for 2 years to decide if she was actually raped as her boyfriend and she had some intimacy in Feb 2010 and she made it news in Feb 08 2012 (I refer to that link provided by topffer)... this case is just something like - Grapes are Not Sour!
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@Professor2010 (20162)
• India
21 Jan 13
Vandy I agree with your views, at times i feel there is no justice in this country, i filed a case relating to service matter 25 years ago, i won, but the education department didn't honor the decision, i filed another 'contempt of court' case, 15 years passed, it remains pending, the advocate says, there is shortage of judges, you wait, I hate this statement.
If daughter/wife of that Supreme court advocate is raped, might be he realize.
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@vandana7 (100524)
• India
21 Jan 13
Justice delayed is justice denied!!!
When the plaintiff is no more, there is no case to continue, is there? How many of such cases have been pushed under the carpet?
I can understand...we are fighting a case since last 30 odd years..right now it is in Supreme Court, and we have in the past 5 years or so found new evidences in support of our case, and so they are prolonging the case by hook or crook. In any event, even if we win it, Supreme Court is only going to direct High Court to review it. So presuming the case would be heard this year, and final orders in respect would be passed the next year, it would still be a couple of years in High Court before we start enjoying our properties. Where does that leave Dad and me? Too old to enjoy, and too old to prevent kabza.
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@rambansal (574)
• India
18 Jan 13
Term 'good girl' is highly subjective. The Supreme court advocate may be affording to keep his girls locked in his home for safety from his clients and opponents. But practical life exposes all of us, including men, women and boys, to hazards of crimes which are growing faster than the 'progress' we are making.
So, good girls don't grow on the earth but in fantasies of a few.
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@vandana7 (100524)
• India
19 Jan 13
As a matter of fact, such closeted species become more vulnerable to crimes because facts of life are hidden from them. Right? Modern girls may have bad experience, and learn from it. But the closeted ones, i.e., "good" girls, would be trusting once too often, till they can no longer retain their right to be called "good". Everybody is innocent till proven otherwise.
@meumeu25 (917)
• United Arab Emirates
18 Jan 13
That's ridiculous! What kind of reasoning is that? It only shows how little his respect for female species is. It doesn't matter wether a girl is good or bad, no one deserves to be rape. Even a girl's bad behavior, doesn't justify for her being raped. That man should bump his head on the wall, so will wake up.
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@SuperShames (780)
• India
18 Jan 13
Hi Aunty.
Well I don't know when this statement was made by the Supreme Court. But I really feel offended. And more than that I feel ashamed of people like these. Though I would not want to get their daughters and wife raped but I do honestly urge to god (if any) to put some common sense in their mind. I wonder when we will have sane people at such position of responsibilities.
Have a nice day !!
SuperShames
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@vandana7 (100524)
• India
18 Jan 13
Its all over yahoo...what excuses are they making to get those guys out..:(
Just want to be evil one to check whether his wife and daughter are good or not...
I dont know if people like that understand shames. Today they fight like this. 20 years later, it might be their grand daughter who faces similar fate and then they may not have any Supreme Court advocate or judge in their family to fight the case.
I am apalled to say the least that such a guy practices in Supreme court. He said good girls ..even dons would not touch. It is only the bad ones that are touched. So ...does he have contacts with underworld dons? How can he know their such personal habits?
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@aerous (13434)
• Philippines
19 Jan 13
Good or bad girls are all possible to be a victim of rape. No one will escape into that kind of violence once the criminal planning to attack anyone and those criminals did not choose who they want to be a victim. Those supreme court advocate mistakenly define denoted the words rape...
@dorannmwin (36392)
• United States
19 Jan 13
That is just awful that you said that you want his wife and his daughter to be raped because that is something that I would not wish on anyone.
That said, I always considered myself to be a good girl and I didn't remain a burden on my family, I worked hard to accomplish those things that I did want to accomplish in my life.
Good girls are raped all the time, but in many situations these same good girls are afraid to talk about it.
@bellis716 (4799)
• United States
20 Jan 13
Good for you! Someone from the USA took exemption to my statement that girls should not dress in exotic attire, but I have lost that post. I'm from the USA, also, and jeans are not exotic attire. I was speaking about dresses where the neckline goes clear down to the navel and skirts that barely cover their panties, if they are wearing any at all. I'm not saying that any female deserves to be raped, but why give an open invitation? Have you not heard that an ounce prevention is worth a pound of cure? I definitely agree that wearing blue jeans on public conveyance would be preferable to wearing a sari, if reality is anything like the pictures I have seen of public transportation in India. We are talking about two different cultures. I just hope that Indian women don't go as far down the lack of modesty road as many American women have.
@vandana7 (100524)
• India
19 Jan 13
I think wearing more contemporary attire is a way of convenience apart from psychological comfort that should anything bad happen, I can run!!! Running in sarees, which is the traditional attire is more difficult, and chunnis too would be handicap as they can get caught somewhere, but jeans do give mental comfort about physical security. A girl cant be good or bad simply based on what she wears!!!
Out here, they are trying to prevent the girls from taking up employment. Educated girls exercise their rights, and are more open to divorces. They can survive without their husbands, if the husband is abusive. That is resented. As is the feeling that if these girls were remaining indoors, we would be employed and get paid better.
Last but not the least - educated girls are more open to the idea of dating and finding a spouse who cares for them rather than paying dowry and agreeing to a match that is bad but has to be accepted just because it is within the community. This brings down the dowry rates, and in view of the shortage of girls (female foetuses are killed), it is resented all the more. So yes, the male community is up against the girls and women out here.
@ash1982 (27)
• India
18 Jan 13
Supreme court is one of the supreme foolish things we have in our country. Others being, politicians, so called democracy and red tepism. Most of the time, it is only the good girls that are raped as they dont want to succumb to the undue demands of male people. Bad girls, dont make issue of this as they want to be in such atmosphere only
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@skyandgrassplot (1497)
• China
19 Jan 13
It is crazy that this kind of saying come from a Supreme Court,and actually I really think that the tradition of dowry in your country is totally unfair,you know what?In my country people can get a girlfriend and can get marry with her will feel very grateful,no one even will ask for the dowry,so I think it is time for your people to discuss the tradition in your country,otherwise this kind of problem is hard to get rid of.
@bellis716 (4799)
• United States
20 Jan 13
When you say that women of the previous generation want the dowery custom to continue, you surely mean the mothers of the eligible bachelors. The mothers of the girls would be foolish to want this outdated custom to continue.
@vandana7 (100524)
• India
20 Jan 13
Mothers of the girls are pressurised by the society. It goes like this..."how old is your daughter?" So are you on a look out for matches?, and "get her married fast otherwise, it will be very difficult to get matches later on", and so on. She is torn between doing the right thing, and obeying the existing dictat of the society for her daughter. She cant possibly sacrifice her child's future for her principles. It is for the girl to say she doesnt want to pay. Girls generally dont defy the system. Some are shrewd, but most know how difficult it to remain unmarried. Safety is an issue. And law, as you already know, of little help.
@vandana7 (100524)
• India
19 Jan 13
These are evolution pangs ...yes, educated girls are opting to find guys from other communities rather than pay hefty dowries within their communities for a guy that is not half as good. That is hurting the ego of the guys, and strangely the women of previous generation are also against it. They want the dowries. So...it all boils down to being up against a lot of people. Just like freedom struggle, there will be sacrifices..but eventually there is light at the end of the tunnel, whether we live or not.
@liviaslife73 (238)
• United States
18 Jan 13
No one deserves to be raped, whether they are what you call a good girl(no one is 100% good btw)or what people term as a bad girl. Sure dressing a certain way that is very provocative to men does send out the wrong message, but still that girl does not deserve to be raped. It's really very simple. No means No. If a girl says no, stop then that's it you stop. End of story. If a girl is drunk & not thinking clearly & a boy takes advantage of that situation then that too is rape. The thing to remember is that God is a God of love. He doesn't cause bad things to happen to good or bad people. Satin does that all on his own. Right now Satan is the ruler of this world, but not for long. Soon God will put an end to all wickedness & that's including Satan himself.
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