UNPRECEDENTED VOICES: EXPLORING MALE RAPE IN INDIA AND AROUND THE WORLD
AUTHOR – ANIRUDH ALEX VICTOR, STUDENT AT AMITY LAW SCHOOL NOIDA
BEST CITATION – ANIRUDH ALEX VICTOR, UNPRECEDENTED VOICES: EXPLORING MALE RAPE IN INDIA AND AROUND THE WORLD, ILE LEX SPECULUM (ILE LS), 1 (1) OF 2023, PG. 136-141, APIS – 3920 – 0036 | ISBN – 978-81-964391-3-2.
Abstract
Rape is an intolerable act that has tormented social orders around the world. While women are in many cases the essential casualties, men can likewise be focuses of sexual viciousness. This paper plans to analyze the issue of male assault both all around the world and in India.
Internationally[1], male assault is a generally dismissed theme, with restricted examination and information accessible. In any case, studies recommend that the predominance of male assault is higher than usually accepted. Men who experience rape face novel difficulties, including social shame and an absence of assets and backing.
In India[2], male assault is an especially touchy issue, given the country’s man centric culture and social standards. Men who are physically attacked are frequently hesitant to report the act because of fears of disgrace, scorn, and incredulity. The overall set of laws likewise presents difficulties, with male assault not perceived as an unmistakable offense in Indian regulation. Generally speaking, tending to male assault requires more noteworthy mindfulness, examination, and backing for casualties. Endeavors ought to zero in on testing social mentalities that sustain orientation based viciousness, further developing admittance to equity and backing administrations, and guaranteeing that male casualties get the acknowledgment and mind they merit. Research has observed that male assault is predominant in many regions of the planet, including struggle zones, penitentiaries, and different establishments where people are defenseless. Nonetheless, because of the disgrace and disgrace appended to male assault, numerous occurrences go unreported, and the genuine pervasiveness of the act stays obscure.
In India, male assault[3] is many times treated as an untouchable theme, with casualties confronting critical difficulties in getting to equity and backing administrations. The overall set of laws doesn’t perceive male assault as a different act, and cultural perspectives towards orientation and sexuality[4] further confuse the issue. In such a unique circumstance, male assault survivors frequently face social shame, dismissal, and fault.
The ongoing paper surveys the current writing on male assault in both the worldwide and Indian settings. It investigates the extraordinary difficulties looked by male assault survivors, including the mental and profound effect of the act, and the obstructions to looking for equity and backing. Furthermore, it features the requirement for an extensive way to deal with tending to male assault that incorporates legitimate, social, and social changes.
All in all, male assault is a critical issue that requires more prominent consideration, exploration, and backing. It is fundamental for challenge social perspectives and accepted practices that sustain orientation based brutality, further develop admittance to equity and backing administrations, and bring issues to light of the issue to guarantee that male survivors get the acknowledgment and care they need.
KEYWORDS – Male assault, Women as primary victims, Global perspective, Limited research and data, Social stigma and lack of resources, India’s patriarchal culture.
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