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Being a mother of a grown up daughter, this topic is always raised in my mind as I put my place in the victim's and her family's position to think if I would be able to raise my voice against the crime and criminal and report such incidents. Initially, thoughts like my daughter's name would be public and people would criticize her for the same and the criminal may or may not get punished then what would happen to my family. These thoughts exist in most of those family's minds and hence they fear from reporting these incidents. While thinking about the incidents, I noticed that by not reporting these incidents, we are actually favoring the crime and criminal which needs to stop and people should come forward and speak against these crimes. The reasons which I want to state are:

We need to change the society's views:

Our society has always been male dominant and have supported the male irrespective if he is right or wrong and have blamed the girl for her misfortune. However, in today's world, the people have tried to consider the girl's view and feel for her and hence if these incidents are reported, the society would try to relate with the girl and take strict actions against eve teasers. If these incidents go unnoticed, it would just lead to a rise in such crimes.

People will take steps to protect themselves:

People need to know that such incidents can take place with them as well as nobody is safe even in their house. They will need to change their views towards the victim and punish such criminals at an earlier stage so that these incidents aren't repeated.

More incidents will be reported:

If more cases of sexual violence are reported, it will give courage to those who have been quite and they will come forward and report their cases too. It needs just one person to come forward and the rest feel more confident and seek justice from the law. It serves as an example for those who fear that they would fall in trouble if they report such matters and for those people, the law should be firm and encourage the women to speak for their right. They should know that are treated equally in society and are no way responsible for the crime. Reporting these cases would only help others and themselves and would let the word spread that women cannot be underestimated and the people who feel women are weak would be punished no matter of their status, religion or power.


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