I will not contend that a minor does not have rights about her own consensus. Let's come to discuss the most recent and very popular changes to the IPC.
Here are my reasons for why a minor girl should also be charged with "rape" even if she had consensual sex.
1. There are lesbians who have sex in India, and according to recent laws, they are allowed to practice consensual sex, if they are majors (source).
2. There are gays, and accordingly, they are allowed the same freedom, if they are majors (source).
3. A minor boy, if found guilty of rape, is sentenced to jail for a certain period (source).
4. I know of a conviction, where consensual sex between a male, and a minor girl, led to a jail sentence for the boy, but I don't think the girl got any sentence. I just saw it on Telugu news channel TV9.
There is homosexual and heterosexual intercourse legally allowed between any two humans in India. Now, let's come to the minors' case. Look at case four, and you will find that since the girl was minor, her consensual sex act was statutorily considered "rape". According to the three points, I definitely think that she should also be charged with "rape", and sentenced to jail, for the same period the minor boy deserves.
Don't you think so?
That boy/girl should be sent in the worst case to a juvenile prison, or receive punishment whatsoever... provided it is he/she who is the primary reason for their consensual sensual act (to have intercourse)! What I mean is if a boy gets the itchy feeling first, though the girl wears a pretty decent garb, the boy is to be accused. If it is the minor girl who behaves or who wears an almost revealing dress which may turn a man (any man, not just boy) on, she is to be put to blame. And, the other partner should also be reprimanded!
ReplyDeleteThe judiciary may also fine and rebuke the parents of the minors -- kids -- for they are not able to take proper care of their own children! But even this does not sound fine!
Looks like we Indians believe very much in the "plantain leaf - thorn" simile.
Very proper observation, dude! Mullu aaku saying fits perfectly when it comes to the Indian women. I have no idea how long it can remain applicable.
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