Is rape an ultimate portrayal of a man's power???

Flipping through the pages of Times of India newspaper, a particular news article caught my attention. As I went through it, I not only got goose-bums, but it also got me thinking.

The headline said, “A 13 year old “kid” rapes 5 year old.”  

13 years old!!! Can you believe it???

I mean, when a 20, 30 or a 40 something guy rapes a minor… one might guess as to what the reason could be. The rapist might be drunk or raging with hormones! But what about a 13 year old child?

This shows that children grasp what elders possess. If a child sees his parents fighting all the time, he too will in all probabilities fight with his/her wife/husband. If a child sees his mother being beaten to death every single day… he too will grasp the same from his father. And if the child sees, reads and hears that playing with a woman’s modesty is the ultimate portrayal of a man’s power and strength… then no wonder, he has already become a potential rapist!

What drives a man to rape? What drives him to rape a minor? And more so, what drives a minor, rape another minor????

I am no expert. But in my 22 years of life, just by reading at least a few hundred thousand articles on rapes, I am very much in a position to guess the possible reasons.

First and the most prominent reason is “portrayal of power”. A lot of literate as well as illiterate men think that women should be suppressed and should live a low profile life all their life. But when males with such mentality see other women in their villages or society take better positions than them… their “ego” goes for a toss and the “best solution” to bring a woman down is “rape her”. SIMPLE!!!

Even in the movie “Lajja”, Rekha was raped and killed only because her son had completed his graduation and as a surprise, brought a computer. The landlord got furious and said, “Bada udd rahe hai, uske pankh kat do” and that was it!

Another reason is looking at women as “an object of pleasure”. Only sick and filthy minds hold such mentalities. Their vision is blocked with lust and is on a constant look out for any opportunity that would help him satiate this “want”!

I am not angry at that 13 year old perpetrator. I feel sorry for him. At an age where he should be going to school, bunking lectures, having flavored ice balls and have fun with his classmates… this poor soul, by virtue of his doings… has smashed his future with his own hands.

Kids today are maturing faster than they used to in my time. They have access to information in ways more than one can imagine.

So there’s only 1 thing that I wish to say to all my readers: Do not ignore any signs of extreme behavior such as stealing, constant arguing and addiction to certain websites on the internet in your children and siblings. You never know what they are up to in their head! And also, mind your behavior when you have kids around.

You never know what leaves a print behind…