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    “I used to get jitters before going into my room. I would dread the thought of what was awaiting me,” she told journalist Priyali Sur for a May article published by the nonprofit Women's Media Center. “What happened in our bedroom was not what normally happens between a husband and wife; I felt like he had bought me. I was treated like a sex slave, like a sex toy. He would insert things inside me, slap me, and bite me. He was like an animal. Even during my menstruation, he wouldn’t spare me.”

    On Feb. 14 last year, her husband’s birthday, the woman said he beat her multiple times before raping her with a flashlight, forcefully inserting the object into her vagina.

    “I started bleeding but instead of taking me to the hospital he took me to my in-laws’ house and locked me up,” the woman said. “When the bleeding didn’t stop, my in-laws took me to the hospital. I was in a semi-conscious state … My legs and my entire body had swollen up. I was bleeding profusely. I bled for 60 long days.”

    Her husband was never prosecuted for assaulting her.
    In India, it is not illegal for a man to rape his wife.

    The woman petitioned India’s Supreme Court in February with a plea to declare marital rape a criminal offense.
    The court said that it couldn’t change the law for just one person and dismissed her petition.

    “I don’t understand the law. I’m a layman,” she told Sur after the court’s decision. “All I want to know is: Don’t married women have any right to approach the legal system? Are they only meant to suffer, commit suicide or die?”

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    so awful

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    I stopped reading it at word india.
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    Quote Originally Posted by baer45 View Post
    I stopped reading it at word india.
    Pretty much, India is a rapey shithole, stay away.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Trem View Post
    Pretty much, India is a rapey shithole, stay away.
    I'm amazed at how entrenched these attitudes are. With all the education and the new jobs/industries exploding their old economy, I thought it would be more progressive not less. At this rate I see why we have issues with customers from India. They're used to acting like complete scumbags. I figured we were getting bottom of the barrel but the barrel is a helluva lot bigger than I imagined.
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    OK, hold on, wait a second... This article and the issue it talks about is quite horrifying, but I don't believe all (or even "most") Indian men/ people should be stereotyped like this. Baer and Trem's comments take on a prejudice towards an entire country. That's a lot of people we're talking about. Who are the ones we are judging? The ones who are wealthy enough to travel/ immigrate? The ones who are weird/ sick enough walk into foreign stripclubs (and i say "weird/sick" subjectively, in dry jest)? The ones who are bad enough to make the news? I know what you mean, because I've had my fair share of shitty customers from India, but I also know plenty of sweethearts too. Nationalistic stereotyping can be just as bad as skin-toned-based racism; you can use those attitudes to fuel wars. If we're going to discuss a serious subject like the culture of spousal rape, it would be more helpful if we did more than write the phenomenon off as "oh yeah because the whole country is full of fuckwads, the end."

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    Quote Originally Posted by domina View Post
    OK, hold on, wait a second... This article and the issue it talks about is quite horrifying, but I don't believe all (or even "most") Indian men/ people should be stereotyped like this. Baer and Trem's comments take on a prejudice towards an entire country. That's a lot of people we're talking about. Who are the ones we are judging? The ones who are wealthy enough to travel/ immigrate? The ones who are weird/ sick enough walk into foreign stripclubs (and i say "weird/sick" subjectively, in dry jest)? The ones who are bad enough to make the news? I know what you mean, because I've had my fair share of shitty customers from India, but I also know plenty of sweethearts too. Nationalistic stereotyping can be just as bad as skin-toned-based racism; you can use those attitudes to fuel wars. If we're going to discuss a serious subject like the culture of spousal rape, it would be more helpful if we did more than write the phenomenon off as "oh yeah because the whole country is full of fuckwads, the end."
    We are not talking about a few guys here, we are talking about the actual law of the land. India is not an oppressed country, it is not ruled by a king or a dictator, it is a democracy with open elections. The last time they had an election more people voted on it than twice the entire population of the united states. So when the motherfucking Supreme Court of the country tells a woman it is perfectly ok for her husband to beat and rape her it is because that is what the majority supports. I feel perfectly justified in calling their entire country a rapey shithole.
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    I agree it's not nice to stereotype the country, but domina have you really not seen this attitude in Indian customers? I dated an Indian guy once who was so great, I would have married him but aside from the one outlier I avoid them like the plague.
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    its not because of their skin color, or anything inherent. its their culture and what they were brought up believing is the difference i feel ( to the racism comment).
    this is just so sad and makes me SOO angry for those poor indian women. such bullshit!!
    india is the OG of rape culture. they believe its the woman's fault for rape, not men's. i watched a documentary a few days ago where a indian father snorted and laughed when asked "dont you think your daughter has the right to make her own decisions?" and bragged about taking hot coals and burning her feet for punishment..and everybody laughed and smiled like "what a funny story!". fucking ugh.
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    Quote Originally Posted by domina View Post
    OK, hold on, wait a second... This article and the issue it talks about is quite horrifying, but I don't believe all (or even "most") Indian men/ people should be stereotyped like this. Baer and Trem's comments take on a prejudice towards an entire country. That's a lot of people we're talking about. Who are the ones we are judging? The ones who are wealthy enough to travel/ immigrate? The ones who are weird/ sick enough walk into foreign stripclubs (and i say "weird/sick" subjectively, in dry jest)? The ones who are bad enough to make the news? I know what you mean, because I've had my fair share of shitty customers from India, but I also know plenty of sweethearts too. Nationalistic stereotyping can be just as bad as skin-toned-based racism; you can use those attitudes to fuel wars. If we're going to discuss a serious subject like the culture of spousal rape, it would be more helpful if we did more than write the phenomenon off as "oh yeah because the whole country is full of fuckwads, the end."
    The report said 30% of married guys are engaging in that behavior. My POV was a helluva lot rosier. So my astonishment is that it is so common. I'm judging the folks in the report. I can't speak for other posters' comments only mine and I made no sweeping statements like ALL Indian men or even Most Indian men engage in this behavior.

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    its not because of their skin color, or anything inherent. its their culture and what they were brought up believing is the difference i feel ( to the racism comment).
    The above is the difference between judging people on actions vs judging people on BEFORE they have acted. Racism is about judging people before they have acted.

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    We are not talking about a few guys here, we are talking about the actual law of the land. India is not an oppressed country, it is not ruled by a king or a dictator, it is a democracy with open elections. The last time they had an election more people voted on it than twice the entire population of the united states. So when the motherfucking Supreme Court of the country tells a woman it is perfectly ok for her husband to beat and rape her it is because that is what the majority supports. I feel perfectly justified in calling their entire country a rapey shithole.
    That's the part the fucked me up. It's a nation that is on the cutting edge in so many ways, so I was caught off guard. It's also a place I've wanted to visit so I'm checking out the scene first. I also wanted to go to Syria about 7-8 years ago and we see how that's gone left!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Trem View Post
    Pretty much, India is a rapey shithole, stay away.



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    Quote Originally Posted by simone87 View Post
    india is the OG of rape culture.
    not a statement rooted in facts.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Optimist View Post
    The above is the difference between judging people on actions vs judging people on BEFORE they have acted. Racism is about judging people before they have acted.
    Not necessarily. Sometimes a person is mugged once by someone of a certain color/ description, then carries that trauma with them to explain how they are afraid of everyone with that color/ description in the future, and they'll try to justify it using a reasoning similar to this. But I don't think you are trying to defend the idea that "India is a rapey shithole," or something like it?

    So what's the difference between Indian who are "rapey," versus ones who aren't? Why did some of them turn out OK, while the others didn't? If we can figure that one out, maybe we can fix a lot of other societies too. I know a few other parts of Asia that are kinda rapey, and Latin America as well. Is the American South more or less rapey than the Northern/ Western regions? Does it have to do with class, money, religion, geography? Totally by chance? Does it get significantly less rapey once you cross an Indian border? Or do you think it's just that country specifically?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Optimist View Post
    The report said 30% of married guys are engaging in that behavior.
    You're right, it's a terrible thing, and yes, it's absolutely disgusting and horrifying that it's *that* common, but 30% is still the minority. Given a group of ten men, if three were rapists, are the other seven automatically guilty? Calling someone a rapist is not an act to be taken lightly, and my issue is specifically with statements like "I feel perfectly justified in calling their entire country a rapey shithole." Associating all Indian men/ the country of India as rapists, to me, is a generalization that i personally feel justified in calling out, as a feedback response. Simone's one example about this "joke" about punishing women is one that i have an emotional response to, and yes, that's a fucked up story, but not enough to convince me that all of India is- or isn't a certain way, all together. India is not a monocultural society.

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    ^Fully agreed Domina.

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    I agree 100% with Domina

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    But 30% is still a huge number, almost 1/3. It's wayyy too high compared to other demographics and this is a problem. I mean if I were a woman in India I would be terrified at the thought of marriage with these statistics.
    Would you get on a plane with a 30% of crashing? I would think not!

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    I have worked as a professional Domme for over a decade, a stripper on and off for a few years, owned a stripping agency, and have done online work for years. I have yet to encounter a single man from India (as in born there) that has consistently been respectful, has not asked for "extras", or been in some way condescending to either myself or my dancers. My dancers, all of them mind you, refuse to dance for parties of Indian men (one party offered $4000 for an hour if I could get a dancer there and not one of them would consider it). They consistently ignore rules, request illegal acts, get overly handsy, pushy, and get belligerent when they don't get their way. Are all Indian men like this... of course not, but as an employer, an adult worker, and a woman it isn't my job or my dancer's jobs to put themselves in an uncomfortable situation for the sake of being politically correct. My clients are wealthy, well dressed, doctors, lawyers, and submissive and I have still had issues. I only continue to take these clients because of the fact that they must come into the dungeon where security is air tight, and they are consistent. On the flip side, many of my Indian customers that were born in the US are angels, respectful, consistent, and very good communicators. When someone says that a behavior is cultural it isn't discriminatory, it is factual information, it is only when you say that everyone of that culture acts in this manner that you start to discriminate. I could not imagine having to marry one of these men and running the risk of being treated like these women.
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    Quote Originally Posted by MistressItalia View Post
    I have worked as a professional Domme for over a decade, a stripper on and off for a few years, owned a stripping agency, and have done online work for years. I have yet to encounter a single man from India (as in born there) that has consistently been respectful, has not asked for "extras", or been in some way condescending to either myself or my dancers. My dancers, all of them mind you, refuse to dance for parties of Indian men (one party offered $4000 for an hour if I could get a dancer there and not one of them would consider it). They consistently ignore rules, request illegal acts, get overly handsy, pushy, and get belligerent when they don't get their way. Are all Indian men like this... of course not, but as an employer, an adult worker, and a woman it isn't my job or my dancer's jobs to put themselves in an uncomfortable situation for the sake of being politically correct. My clients are wealthy, well dressed, doctors, lawyers, and submissive and I have still had issues. I only continue to take these clients because of the fact that they must come into the dungeon where security is air tight, and they are consistent. On the flip side, many of my Indian customers that were born in the US are angels, respectful, consistent, and very good communicators. When someone says that a behavior is cultural it isn't discriminatory, it is factual information, it is only when you say that everyone of that culture acts in this manner that you start to discriminate. I could not imagine having to marry one of these men and running the risk of being treated like these women.

    This should be a sticky!!

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    This thread is a mix of racism and misandry.

    Did you know that while raping ones wife won't lead to rape charges, promising to marry a woman, then sleeping with her and not marrying her IS concider rape in India.

    The people of India might concider the West rapey because we don't enforce this defination of rape.

    Also actual proven rape rates in India are far lower then in the USA.

    The 30% figure btw is one of those make believe feminist figures, there is no way they could possibly know that.

    I also point out there is no law against wives raping husbands, where's the outrage.

    Also in Canada we used to be not illegal to rape ones wife or husband are we rapey too? Even thu again, lower rate of rape then America.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Omegaphallic View Post
    Did you know that while raping ones wife won't lead to rape charges, promising to marry a woman, then sleeping with her and not marrying her IS concider rape in India.

    The people of India might concider the West rapey because we don't enforce this defination of rape.



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    That's fine. By their cultural and legal definition if rape is promising to marry someone and not following through,even though they had sex so be it.

    It doesn't take away from the fact that OUR cultural/legal definition of rape as westerners is any less valid. Our opinion should also be respected. If what you are saying is true, then western men going to India should take care not to promise marriage before sex, out of respect for their laws. And vice versa if Indian men are marrying westerners in the west they need to understand that our definition of spousal rape is different from theirs and should be respected while in western countries.

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    Actually that wasn't my point at all, I don't support defining not marrying a woman as a form of rape, its a relic of the past, my point was that it shows that there isn't a rape cultural in India.

    I also support making marriage rape illegal, although there is legal recourse for women who are raped by their husbands, they can have them charged with domestic violence in India. Not perfect, but it means there can be consquences for husbands that do this.

    My point is is that saying India has a rape culture is bullshit.

    I'll also point out that India has an extremely diverse population and is far from a monolythic culture.

    You have different races, cultures, religions, subcultures, languages, its why english is an official language still in India despite the end of colonism, so type casting such a diverse region is lazy.

    We do it with "blacks", "europeans", and "and First Nations" as well, treating them as if they are a unified singular culture, with they're an extremely diverse group.

    Canadian Blacks are cultural different then Afroamericans and Carribean Americans, and even in those subgroups there is even more cultural distinctiveness Samali Americans Haitian Canadians (or Haitian Quebecors if they are of a more seperatist bent).

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cate...roups_in_India

    Just to give you an idea of how diverse India is.

    Religion wise India is the birth place of Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism, Buddism, various animalism religions. Its also had an influx of Christian, Muslim, Zorasterian religions.

    Some cultures in India don't believe in eating meat, especially cows, and others, still practice animal sacrifice.

    Even within Hinduism alone, there is so much variation between schools of thought, that making generalizations is a waste of time.

    So saying India has a rape culture, without an indepth understanding of the cultural diversity and the counter arguements against saying India has a rape culture is not fair to this facinating region.

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    (edit: ^^^preach)

    the racism and ignorance in this thread is just...pure fuckery

    rape stats in every nation where there's any attempt to compile stats are pretty high, it makes perfect sense to me that spousal rape stats are higher in cultures where women tend to marry at a younger age, and more frequently than women in say, Manhattan NYC

    this is a men committing rape issue, the details vary from culture to culture, location to location but the fact remains 'India's' problem is worldwide. Hell, if you want to include male prison rape stats in the US (another VERY vulnerable population) India looks pretty peachy in comparison. Like I tell my dude every time this issue comes up, y'all need to have an international sit down with your people to explain that your dicks are not meant to be weapons.

    I def concede Omega's point that rape stats are inherently flawed in that most go unreported. everywhere. excellent points as well regarding how 'rape' relates to marital intentions, also that female on male sexual violence tends to be minimized if not outright ignored.

    I'm not intending to minimize what any Indian women go through, let's not just not make this a problem about the 'other' because it is so fucking not

    @Safado, this board deserves better than that picture you posted. "whee, let's make fun of poor people". just disgusting. you I mean, not the pic
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    As someone who as traveled to India, I can tell you it's a very traditional and India is pretty still patriarchal. It's come a long way, but it's getting there. Example is the public outrage and protests from the bus gang rape in Delhi that led to the death of Jyoti Singh. Laws of sexual harassment and abuse against women was amended in a month of this terrible act. But martial rape is still not a crime. The Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2013, states: "Sexual intercourse or sexual acts by a man with his own wife, the wife not being under fifteen years of age, is not rape."


    Women are still considered property. Husbands can lock their wives in mental institutes with zero consent from the wife. I kid you not. This is a thing. But equality among men and women is seriously not a thing in India, expecially in remote villages far from cities where old traditions still are in practice.






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    As someone who as traveled to India, I can tell you it's a very traditional and India is pretty still patriarchal. It's come a long way, but it's getting there. Example is the public outrage and protests from the bus gang rape in Delhi that led to the death of Jyoti Singh. Laws of sexual harassment and abuse against women was amended in a month of this terrible act. But martial rape is still not a crime. The Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2013, states: "Sexual intercourse or sexual acts by a man with his own wife, the wife not being under fifteen years of age, is not rape."


    Women are still considered property. Husbands can lock their wives in mental institutes with zero consent from the wife. I kid you not. This is a thing.
    Audri, I adore ya but check yo history, this conduct has a history inside NA.

    you're absolutely correct though, misogyny deserves/merits outrage because it takes the power out of our hands. Hell, mid 40's if that had been my era my folks could have locked me up in an asylum for falling in love with a Black dude. If I married a white dude and he found me difficult he could have done the same. Such was the lawful regulation on female personhood during that era so..... Criminal system intervention in the lives of women has historically never served our purposes, coming from either direction. This need to control female sexuality needs to be abolished but let's not pretend the so-called-'enlightened' west has a better claim. They don't. We don't.

    there are laws (disgusting, abhorrent) laws and then there is practise between real human beings. absolutely ineffectual/unethical/unjust laws allow cruelty and misogyny to perpetuate, but never for a moment believe that codified norms indicate an accepted status quo. Real people operate within those spaces, to dimish peeps to a monolith serves no one.

    Like I wrote above, the central issue is men weilding sex and power as a weapon. That's world-wide, trying to parse perpetrators based on culture or race just serves as an easy out and provides the rest of us an escape from culpability.

    Interesting that not one post thus far has discussed ways in which to support Indian women. I guess disparagement of an entire nation is way easier
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