Mentors Comments:
- The question seeks to address the growing issue of the rape incidences and the treatment meted out to the victims by the society in an insensitive manner with lacunae in compassion and empathy.
- One has to discuss the deteriorating conditions of our society with respect to treating the rape incidents and the victims of such heinous crimes.
- Begin with a brief introduction to the recent incidents of Kathua and Tappal.
- Bring out the insensitivity that is prevalent in our society towards such untoward incidents. Explain the root cause behind such a mentality. What needs to be done?
- Suggest solutions – how can the society evolve out of such unwarranted behavior.
- Conclude by reasserting the alarming need for our societies to change and move forward.
Answer:
There was a 336% increase in child rape cases from 2001 to 2011. Figures are under-reported as the majority of child rape cases are not reported to the police. Sexual abuse during childhood presents a particularly hard case. It has been recognized all over the world that nothing is tougher to leave behind than sexual assault in early life. When rape is followed by murder, as in the Kathua case, the meaning of justice is quite different. In all such cases, justice seems to mean little more than giving the satisfaction to parents that law will not forget their loss and grief.
A breakdown of the ethical order of common living:
- The rape of small girls on the scale at which it is currently taking place, especially in the north, signifies a breakdown of the ethical order of common living.
- Each incident of rape of a baby or small girl communicates that society is going through a change it does not understand.
- Fabric is an apt metaphor to refer to social relations, as they involve the tacit acceptance of a norm to govern the upbringing of children.
- Incidents of rape of small girls have been reported from cities as well as villages, suggesting a much wider crisis than traditional wisdom might be able to recognize.
- No simple analysis can help us grasp the factors that have enabled the crisis to deepen and erupt.
- There can be no doubt that these factors are rooted deep in culture, but they are also tangled now in the new technological environment.
- They are being nourished by an ethos marked by an acceptance of casual, collective frenzy.
- No one will deny that with such violence, the social fabric has ripped apart.
- Children cannot grow up and become sane adults unless they feel secure and protected, and parents alone cannot protect a child.
- Safety and security during childhood is a responsibility that society as a whole shares with the biological parents.
- Therefore, when a child encounters violence, the protective fabric of society shreds.
- The responsibility to protect children is embedded in the very idea of society.
- When a child faces brutality, in or outside the family, society’s contract with its own spirit is violated.
- Punitive justice cannot redeem this contract, although it may constitute the first step towards redeeming the contract and the collective spirit it signifies.
- In such an environment, society seems to have lost its collective self-awareness.
- Forgetting about its responsibility towards children — everyone’s children — is a consequence of the loss of self-awareness.
Solutions:
- The need is to develop our society on the modern lines stands as the need of the hour.
- Leaving behind the patriarchy and developing a pro-women society will eventually lead to a safer and better society both for women and children.
- There is a need to reform education – to guide them during their exploration years, to make them understand about the right ethical behavior and to make them understand the difference between good touch and bad touch.
- As in most of the cases, rape is committed by people known to the child such as relatives, and neighbors, there is an urgent need for the family to be sensitized, and the deep-rooted attitudes that view them as inferior to men need to be also tacked with.
- Instead of pursuing drastic remedies, we need to urgently devise ways to bolster the existing criminal justice and child protection systems and ensure higher convictions, higher reporting of offenses, put in place preventive strategies, and address a large number of systemic and operational gaps.
- At the school level, authorities should check the background and credentials of the job applicants.
- Children should be made aware of acts like POSCO so as to make them aware of their legal rights.
- CCTV cameras should be installed in schools and other public places.
- Community awareness programs should be encouraged to increase awareness among children about the evil of sexual abuse.
- Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO) Act can be amended to allow Child Welfare Committees to receive complaints.
- Media should play a proactive role and should be prohibited from disclosing the personal identity of the victim categorically in line with the Juvenile Justice Act.
- Media should be prohibited from reporting the identity of the victim categorically in line with the Juvenile Justice Act.
- Issues like child marriage should be clearly addressed as there is a contradiction between the POCSO Act and personal law.
Children are the future of the nation and it is needed that they should be prevented from the various types of abuses in school. Plugging gaps injustice system, not the death penalty, can curb child sexual abuse. There is an urgent need to urgently devise ways to bolster the existing criminal justice and child protection systems and ensure higher convictions, higher reporting of offenses, put in place preventive strategies, and address a large number of systemic and operational gaps. There is also a need to revamp the POCSO act.
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35 responses to “The rape of small girls on the scale at which it is currently taking place, especially in the north, signifies a breakdown of the ethical order of common living. Do you agree? Suggest solutions. (15 Marks)”
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Hi Sanu
Welcome back to the Daily AWE program.
Your introduction is good but needs polishing in the sense that you can quote the recent reports like National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data 2017 reveals that crimes against children rising steadily from 2015 to 2017.
Also like Delhi had the highest number of POSCO cases among Indian metros followed by Mumbai, Pune and Bengaluru respectively.
Your mention of examples from recent incidences is appreciable.
Body part has good content but single line crisp explanation would have been suffice.
Your solutions part is equally satisfying with your mention of schemes like Saki..and you can mention more like Operation Smile etc.
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Hi Deepanshu Gulyani
Welcome to the Daily AWE program.
Your introductory part is good with mention of recent incidences.
However you can quote more specifically with respect to NCRB data like NCRB data 2017 reveals that crimes against children rising steadily from 2015 to 2017.
Also like Delhi had the highest number of POSCO cases among Indian metros followed by Mumbai, Pune and Bengaluru respectively.
In the body part, your mention of name of politician and respective party is highly impermissible.
Other points are good like stigma of disclosure, justice delayed.
However more can be added like patriarchy, lack of education, unawareness regarding laws etc
Solutions part is good and satisfactory.
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Hi swetha K
Welcome to the Daily AWE program.
Your introductory part is good with mention of UNICEF report but note that you quote data of girl child rape. So make it more broad minded as child also includes male child.
Your mention of current examples is appreciable.
In the body part, your presentation is well defined with the flow chart.
Also your mention of St Augustine depicts your holistic understanding of subject.
However you missed out on providing requisite solutions to tackle the abuse and concluding accordingly.
Make sure you read question carefully before attempting it next time.
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Hi Amit Ojha
Welcome to the Daily AWE program.
Your introduction is good but would have been more appealing if you could have mentioned any report name like National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data.
Your body part is very holistic but avoid bringing unproven facts like fearing nomadic tribes in Kathua rape case.
Moreover your specific mention of child being targets and focus of North India is very appreciable.
Your solutions part is equally satisfying but could have made more appealing mention of Govt. schemes like Operation Smile etc.
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Hi Aakriti Kumari
Welcome to the Daily AWE program.
Your introduction is well defined and satisfying with mention of NCRB data, mention of recent incidences etc.
Your flowchart representation is good but it deviates from the question a bit by not mentioning about the rape of minor girls specifically and that too in north region.
Also try to write in bullet points rather than in paragraphs.
The 2 point strategy is good in conclusion but you missed on to provide appropriate solutions to prevent the minor female child rapes.
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Hi Dipanshu Sharma
Welcome to the Daily AWE program.
In your introduction part only you should quote the NCRB data rather than in the conclusion.
In body part be specific about the which says India to be unsafe. Do not generalize.
The reasons for such trend mentioned in your answer have sufficient coverage.
The solutions are also good and holistic and can be enriched more with specific schemes like Operation Smile etc.
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Hi Paran Pabbi
Welcome to the Daily AWE program.
Your introduction is good but mention the recent reports like NCRB data etc.
Also be specific with respect to small girl child that is asked in question rather than man and woman.
The body part is well- explained but again be specific to small girl child.
The solutions you have mentioned are holistic and satisfactory but write POSCO Act strict implementation in the solution rather than in conclusion.
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Hi Khus Arya
Welcome to the Daily AWE program.
Your introduction is good and can be improved by writing the source of data like NCRB etc.
The recent incidents like Kathua rape case can be added in the introduction rather than in the conclusion.
In the body part, your specific focus on North India is appreciable.
The solutions part is equally good and holistic with mention of NGOs etc.
You can also include sex education in schools, awareness generation among parents, speedy justice delivery etc to enrich your answer further.
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Hi Vishnu Bhimarjun
Welcome to the Daily AWE program.
Your introduction is good but only lack of education and that too in whole north region
makes it a bit ambiguous.
Adding the latest data from NCRB is recommended.
The body part is holistic and broad based but the fifth point needs correction regarding
soft nature of state.
The flowchart in the solutions part is very impressive and holistic.
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Hi Dikshant Chauhan
Welcome to the Daily AWE program.
In your introduction part, please see your definition of rape as more then 15 years of age also the rapes are being committed.
Your body part is holistically covered but explain the first line in which you have written isolating small girls.
Your focus of North India is appreciable.
Your solutions part is equally good with broad coverage like child trafficking etc.
In addition you can also quote data like NCRB etc.
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Hi Akankhya Behera
Welcome to the Daily AWE program.
Your introduction is good but can be cut short. Like just make mention of the regions like Kathua or Tapaal cases.
Your mentioning of NCRB data is appreciable.
The body part is holistically covered but can be cut short in one two lines per point.
The conclusion is good but can be made better by mentioning the recent Operation Smile of govt, speedy justice delivery and investigation etc.
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Hi Divya Murugesan
Welcome to the Daily AWE program.
Your introduction is very well elaborated and holistically described with mention of NCRB data and POSCO Act .
In your body part, please explain the term passion of power and also add points like lack of awareness regarding abuse laws, low investigation and justice delivery etc
You can cut short the preventive measures in one or two lines.
The conclusion is holistic and well ended.
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Hi Balakumaran Kand
Welcome to the Daily AWE program.
Your introduction is good and to the point with mention of recent incidents.
However quoting data, facts or figures eg NCRB 2017 data regarding minor female rapes is recommended.
The body part describing reasons are holistically covered.
The conclusion is well ended with POSCO Act. However you can also add govt schemes like Operation Smile etc.
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Decent answer.
The overall content is good.
But avoid large statements. Keep your explanation short and crisp. Ideally, the length of your statements should not be more than 10-12 words.
The presentation needs improvement.
Highlight your subheadings and maintain some distance when changing the discussion.
Then underline the important stuff in your answer.
Very good way forwards.
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Near perfect attempt.
The coverage f the content is awesome in the answer.
Your dimensions are well covered.
Good use of flowcharts.
The content discussed in the answer is perfect.
The real gem is the way forward of the answer.
Good that you divided them in short term and long term measures.
The structure is quite apt and explanation is short yet crisp.
Nothing wrong with the attempt.