Rape is defined as the forcible penetration against a woman's will. Recent surveys show that,on an average atleast one rape case is reported in 14 minutes. This means even you can get raped,the chances are really high..Its not just in US,its everywhere. Many people say that rape is just an act of sex arousal and its triggered by provocative clothes. Its a common myth because,rape is an act of power,to gain that supremacy over women .Provacative clothes have got nothing to do with it,because the age group of women who get raped vary from infants to 80 year olds. And many researches show that men are very well capable of containing their sexual arousal,so then why there are still mounting cases of abuse of infants and old age being reported?  what exactly is the psychology behind rape and why is it so hard to prove in court

PSYCHOLOGY OF RAPE

Thinking from a rapist point of view,why would they want to rape?  Many psychologist believe that rape is not jus a sexual act,but its a act of power. Rapist dont attack random women,they attack invulnerable women.. That's where the difference is,many psychologist believe that most of the rapists have a mental disorder ,but they are well capable of analysing their victim.  They mostly tend to choose victims who are easily intimidated,absent minded and can be easily trapped..Its got nothing to do with how u dress or anything. Because rape cases are messy ,why would anyone want to commit this act if they think it could lead them into a lot of trouble? so basically they choose women whom they think are less likely to report the event. But this reason might suffice if its a stranger who raped you,but most of the rape cases are commited by people who u know.. There are rape cases that were reported where the victim was abused by her own father.. Does the mental disorder apply here too?Its hard to say,which comes to another reasoning 'power'. In this world,everybody seems to be after this and many psychologist believe that rape cases are just another way to show the dominatiing nature of women

Take for example, a college student getting raped at a party by a friend.. Now why would this friend commit such an act? Maybe he was a virgin,maybe his friends were treating him like dirt,maybe this was the only way he could show that he is as superior as them,the reasons are still unknown

which brings to another point,rape cases are extremely hard to proove in court. Atleast 3 out of 5 rape cases get rejected because of lack of evidence. The major issue being its hard to prove if the rape was commited without the consent of women..If there's alcohol involved,then the case might get rejected on the account of victim's impaired judgement. Its basically a word against his.. Another problem is that many dont report the incident due to shock or fearing the society or thinking that everyone will consider you as a criminal ,thereby eliminating all the evidence..In rape cases the biggest evidence is your body,once you take a bathe ,the entire evidence vanishes and it can be extremely hard to proove it

Another problem is that DNA testing may take weeks and months,by the time victim might change their mind and also rape cases are ugly if it gets to court..If the defendant pleads innocent,unless you have a witness or substantial evidence there is no way you could prove that rape has been commited and it could leave at an ugly situation with nothing to look forward to rather than media's attention. Therefore many dont come forward,which leads to more rape cases

Now lets look at some dreadful rape cases that were reported

1) Suryanelli rape case

suryanelli is a district in idukki,near munnar,kerala. The rape case concerns a 16 year old girl who was raped by 42 men,which included some prominent officials of kerala. she was sexually harrased and assualted continously for 40 days by different men . She was transported to different places and delivered to prominent members

The girl was involved in a relationship with a bus conductor and he is the one who sexually assualted and abused her first . He later passed her on to a  lady and an advocate who later paraded her throughout the entire state presenting her to various officials. In 2000,special court sentenced 35 persons to punishments. First accused bus conductor raju and second accused usha were sentenced to 13 years imprisonment

2) Kiliroor sex scandal

shari s nair was  a teenaged girl hailing from a distric kiliroor,kottayam,kerala. she was taken around kerala to various imminent and famous personalities under the promise of tv roles. shari later died giving birth to her child who now is being raised by her parents.six persons including,latha nair who reportedly took her to various places have been arrested

3) Bandra rape case

Bandra rape case is a recent issue where a 27 year old spanish women staying in bandra was allegedly raped and robbed in bright day light. The accused Mohammad badsha ansari was arrested and enough evidence was recovered from the accused.. Police recovered a knife,cash and camera from the accused . Badsha has atleast 20 cases registered against him. He later confessed to his crime,saying that he raped her twice at gunpoint..Victim pointed him out as the accused during the identifcation parade on thursday. The victim left for germany as she was traumatised

4) Imrana rape case

Imrana rape case refers to the sexual abuse of a 28 year old muslim woman by her father in law. This incident took place in uttar pradesh in 2005. Imrana is the wife of a auto-riksha driver and mother of 5 children. Her father in law aged 69 raped her repeatedly and imrana reported this..Soon after the report was mader her marriage to her husband was declared null and she was asked to marry her father in law. A local muslim panchayat issued a fatwa and asked her treat her husband as her son,as due to her father in laws act she could no longer remain married to her husband . she was to be considered as the mother of her husband and marry her father in law. Many controversies were raised stating the fact that an adultery is being commited instead of rape. Imrana was shunned from the village because she had sexual intercourse with her father-in-law,when in fact he is the one who ought to be punished

Even the uttar pradesh chief minister accepted the fact that she can no longer live with her husband..But soon after this incident was brought under the light of national media,necessary actions were taken and the accused was arrested

5) Jalgaon rape case

This was a highly controversial case,because it was an issue of human trafficking and it came to light only after a few years. It had been going on for years,it was reported that men would scout beauty parlours,schools,bus stops for minor girls and then later drug her allegedly and torture and abuse and later photograph them and sell them to businessman,professionals and criminals. It had been going on for 5-12 years ,but it only came to light in 1994 and it was said to involve around 300-500 women