The Phallacy of Penile Thinking
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/union-cabinet-approves-ordinance-for-death-penalty-for-rape-of-girls-under-12-years/article23626717.ece?homepage=true Did the Cabinet and PM have the humility and respect to ask adults who have been sexually abused as children whether they would like their abusers/s put to death?What was the reason in the first place they did not disclose let alone report the abuse? Seems the Cabinet in its joint and collective myopic wisdom believes that the stringency of the punishment will be a deterrent to committing a rape on a girl child below 12 years. If only the expediency and certainty of justice can be ensured, will anyone be deterred. Ask anyone who has tangled with the labyrinth of the criminal justice system! And even if they endure for the years it takes for a trial to come to conclusion..." It is not clea r how a harsher punishment would be deterrent when only 3 out of 10 men charged with raping minors are convicted. The ...