Although the kind of crimes that have been happening against women in recent times induce me to agree with your views, that these kind of psycho perverts should be hanged or stoned publicly, but then when I think about it more, I realise that it is only a short term solution and CAN NEVER act as a deterrent for other would-be rapists! In fact, it will only motivate more rapists to kill the girl and women after she is raped so she can not identify the rapist! What we need is major attitude change but with the ever-widening gap between the haves and have-nots, it will be quite difficult!

I agree with you.Had Hanging and castigation are the solutions, how one can explain the increasing number of atrocities against women by dAY?. Major overall change in the man's attitude seems a distant dream for me. Call me a pessimist?

No, not a pessimist, but a realist, which I too am. We just keep harping about how we need to to change attitudes, change the way we look at women, but with empty stomachs, nothing works! The way I see it, the ever-widening gap between the rich and poor, the way most poor labourers keep slogging to earn decent money and still not earn enough. At the same time, they have before them the super-rich mall culture where the girls and boys can have what they want, they see people throwing money around. This probably makes them feel worthless and frustrated and what better way to assure oneself of his self-worth and manhood than by grabbing hold of an easy prey and venting all his pent-up frustrations upon her!!

Although the kind of crimes that have been happening against women in recent times induce me to agree with your views, that these kind of psycho perverts should be hanged or stoned publicly, but then when I think about it more, I realise that it is only a short term solution and CAN NEVER act as a deterrent for other would-be rapists! In fact, it will only motivate more rapists to kill the girl and women after she is raped so she can not identify the rapist! What we need is major attitude change but with the ever-widening gap between the haves and have-nots, it will be quite difficult!

I agree with you.Had Hanging and castigation are the solutions, how one can explain the increasing number of atrocities against women by dAY?. Major overall change in the man's attitude seems a distant dream for me. Call me a pessimist?

No, not a pessimist, but a realist, which I too am. We just keep harping about how we need to to change attitudes, change the way we look at women, but with empty stomachs, nothing works! The way I see it, the ever-widening gap between the rich and poor, the way most poor labourers keep slogging to earn decent money and still not earn enough. At the same time, they have before them the super-rich mall culture where the girls and boys can have what they want, they see people throwing money around. This probably makes them feel worthless and frustrated and what better way to assure oneself of his self-worth and manhood than by grabbing hold of an easy prey and venting all his pent-up frustrations upon her!!

There is lot of truth in socio economic analysis given above. Most of the rape accused are poor and unskilled wheras te victims are of well to do and affluent classes. In Delhi case, the rape accused were bus cleaner and conductor. Dhananjay Chatterjee, another rape accused sentenced to death was just a security man. These rape criminals are less educated and their attitude towards women is also unhealthy.

By making rape so serious as to hang a man, you are giving great disservice to women. Rape is no doubt a heinous crime, but to suggest that rape will make her whole life miserable only adds to her injury. It is better to consider rape as an offence equal to that of causing grievous hurt and no more. If you are physically hurt, you are okay after medical treatment. similar should be the case with rape. If a man is raped or sodomised, what happens. He will just get some treatment and will live normal after some time.

It is the tendency to characterize a rape victim as having lost everything that does her maximum harm. In fact, woman has always be treated as property. If somebody rapes a woman, she is considered as 'spoiled'. But what if a man has sex relation with a woman either willingly or pressure. He is never considered as 'spoiled'. The only reason in such double standard is that woman is not considered as human but only a property whose virginity must be intact for her 'owner', swamy, husband. Just change this outlook and there will be no issue.
Okay. don't show mercy to men who rape. But in the process, will you be so cruel to the woman who has lost her virginity. Why double standard on male and female virginity. Better correct this age old anti woman double standard on virginity and most issues on rape are settled.
However, where rape is very cruel and results in prermanent major injury or death, it may be okay to award death sentence.
again, I may mention that most civilized countris have abolished death penalty. There is move in India also to remove this penalty from criminal procedure and code.