Public Discourses on Gender, Modernity, and Assaults on Women in India

Belliappa, Jyothsna Latha (2014) Public Discourses on Gender, Modernity, and Assaults on Women in India. In: Reclaiming the Public Sphere. Palgrave Macmillan UK, London, pp. 137-150. ISBN 978-1-137-39875-8

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Abstract

A series of sexual and physical assaults on women in India throughout 2012, culminating in the brutal gang rape of a young woman in New Delhi, has given rise to vociferous debates across India on the issue of women’s safety in the public sphere. Reactions to cases of sexual assault in India usually run along two lines. On the one hand, there are demands for stricter laws against sexual assault and for the creation of safe spaces for women. On the other hand, the victim’s dress and behaviour are scrutinized, and women are cautioned to behave with greater decorum and discretion in public and encouraged to police their own behaviour. The second type of reaction is significant for the analysis in this chapter.

Item Type:	Book Section
Authors:	Belliappa, Jyothsna Latha
Editors:	Editors Email ORCID Askanius, Tina UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Østergaard, Liv Stubbe UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
Document Language:	Language English
Subjects:	Social sciences > Political Science > Civil & political rights Social sciences > Law > Criminal law Social sciences > Social problems & services
Divisions:	Azim Premji University - Bengaluru > School of Education
Full Text Status:	None
URI:	http://publications.azimpremjiuniversity.edu.in/id/eprint/7370
Publisher URL:	https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137398758_11

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