Ending India’s Rape Culture

The rape of a 23-year-old student by six men in a bus traveling on main roads in the Indian capital has sparked massive demonstrations for an end to impunity for sexual attacks. The problem is that too many Indian officials still view women through a pre-feminist lens: "bad girls" who stake a claim to public space are fair game.

NEW YORK – The crime seems incomprehensible. A 23-year-old physiotherapy student is dead, 12 days after having been raped for more than an hour by six men in a bus traveling on main roads in the Indian capital. Her internal injuries from the iron rod that her attackers used were so severe that doctors had to remove her intestines in their effort to save her life.

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