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[–] thefloweracidic@lemmy.world 66 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I'm earnestly asking any Indian folks why I've seen too many articles like this coming out of India. Why is it so unsafe for women in that country? Sexism? Regressive beliefs around sex?

[–] Lem453@lemmy.ca 85 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Whatever country you are from, think about the most backwards/rural/remote location that has people with backwards and regressive views.

Consider that India likely has 5 to 10x the population of rural folks in small villages that have midevil views compared to your country.

Add in long standing cultural misogynist views that is so pervasive it fully permeates all aspects of government and life and you quickly get to a point where abuse and domestic violence is tolerated.

As per usual, it's not like the entire country shares these views. It's just the the number of backwards views in India is numerically huge because of its population.

[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Honestly, I don't know. But then again I never felt like I belong here for as long as I can remember.

Places like Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan are so regressive that other Indians collectively call them BIMARU (sick or unwell).

[–] thefloweracidic@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

This saddens me deeply.

[–] scarabic@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It’s important to remember what a big place it is. A billion people. A lot can happen. And it may not be some essential quality of the entire country. I mean hell you can’t judge all of America by Mississippi.

[–] thefloweracidic@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That makes sense, it could just be a numbers game. I'm sure similar atrocities have happened in the states.

[–] scarabic@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I don’t know about this kind of maiming women but there are definitely moments when I see Europeans, for example, ask “why is America so fucked up?” after they learn about something that went down in Missouri.