Swiss tourist gang-raped in central India

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

NEW DELHI (AP) — A Swiss woman who was touring by bicycle with her husband through the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh was gang-raped by a group of eight men, police said Saturday.

Thirteen men were detained and questioned in connection with the attack, which occurred Friday night as the couple camped out in a forest after bicycling from the temple town of Orchha, local police officer R.K. Gurjar said.

The men beat the couple and gang-raped the woman, he said. They also stole the couple's mobile phone, a laptop computer and 10,000 rupees ($185), Gurjar said.

The woman was in a hospital Saturday in the nearby city of Gwalior. She and her husband were fine physically, Gurjar said.

Police detained 13 men and questioned them in connection with the attack, he said. Six of the men were released after questioning. No other details were immediately available.

Indian television stations showed scores of police searching the forest where the attack occurred.

India has seen outrage and widespread protests against rape and attacks on women since December's fatal gang-rape of a young woman in a moving bus in New Delhi, the capital. The crime horrified Indians and set off nationwide protests about India's treatment of women and spurred the government to hurry through a new package of laws to protect them.

http://xfinity.comcast.net/articles/news-world-asia/20130316/AS-India-Tourist-Gang-Rape/

[Danno 1,228]

Whats going on in that country, is it a new trend emerging or just the fad-focus of the media?

Unusual garb they put the women in to mask her identity.

[X Factor 1,112]

Crazy

[^_^ 5,021]

Whats going on in that country, is it a new trend emerging or just the fad-focus of the media?

Rape has been a problem in India since I remember remembering things.

The media is now focused on it like a hawk, primarily because there now (for the first time in India's history) exists a large segment of audience that is outraged about things like this and readily consumes coverage of such events.

Of course, what doesn't get covered as much, and is actually much more important, is how the government is responding to this new focus on rape. They passed a bunch of laws recently to address the issue. One of the news laws is to lower the age of consent from 18 to 16. No one quite understands how that works...

Edited March 17, 2013 by ^_^

[kzielu 1,149]

http://articles.latimes.com/2013/mar/16/world/la-fg-india-tourist-rape-20130317

Does anyone know what's with the gang rapes in India ? Are their teaming up because solo they're physically weaker than average sized woman (would say 5 times weaker by average) ?

[Penny Lane 8,159]

She was probably drunk or dressed provocatively.

Or wait, does that only apply to the good old American boys who rape girls? These Indian guys are monsters.

[Danno 1,228]

She was probably drunk or dressed provocatively.

Or wait, does that only apply to the good old American boys who rape girls? These Indian guys are monsters.

Being drunk or inappropriately dressed can increase the odds of becoming a victim ... as can being in the wrong place, which that may or may not have been the case here.

[Penny Lane 8,159]

Being drunk or inappropriately dressed can increase the odds of becoming a victim ... as can being in the wrong place, which that may or may not have been the case here.

I know, right? These rapists just can't help themselves - and who can blame them? Women are pretty much asking for it with their behavior.

[decocker 7,198]

Being drunk or inappropriately dressed a woman can increase the odds of becoming a victim

fixed.

[Danno 1,228]

I know, right? These rapists just can't help themselves - and who can blame them? Women are pretty much asking for it with their behavior.

Let me type slower, that may help.

Criminal is guilty of committing the crime.

Victims in some cases become so because they failed to use good judgment.

At some point you have to move beyond the logic of signs at a #######-walk march.

[Penny Lane 8,159]

Let me type slower, that may help.

Criminal is guilty of committing the crime.

Victims in some cases become so because they failed to use good judgment.

At some point you have to move beyond the logic of signs at a #######-walk march.

Your typing speed doesn't make what you're typing any smarter, Danno. Sorry.

Victims become victims because people assault them. A woman should be able to wear a revealing top without being raped. A woman should be able to drink alcohol around men without being raped.

Why are you so concerned with what the victims of these situations were or weren't doing, and not at all concerned with THE PEOPLE WHO RAPED THEM?!

Edited March 18, 2013 by Evylin

[decocker 7,198]

At some point you have to move beyond the logic of signs at a #######-walk march.

please do elaborate on the logic displayed in your image danno.

and why do we have to move beyond it?

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Duplicate thread.

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/419924-swiss-tourist-gang-raped-in-central-india/

Edited March 18, 2013 by The Patriot

[JohnR! 5,495]

Victims in some cases become so because they failed to use good judgment.

That is true, but it does not make rape or any other crime less heinous... That someone used less than perfect judgment should not be used as a reason by which to excuse the criminal.

Incidentally, what is the male equivalent of '#######'?

Edited March 18, 2013 by Gegel

[Danno 1,228]

Your typing speed doesn't make what you're typing any smarter, Danno. Sorry.

Victims become victims because people assault them. A woman should be able to wear a revealing top without being raped. A woman should be able to drink alcohol around men without being raped.

Why are you so concerned with what the victims of these situations were or weren't doing, and not at all concerned with THE PEOPLE WHO RAPED THEM?!

Ahh yes, there is the magic word we can all agree on.