The
reported gang rape of a Danish woman this week in one of New Delhi’s most
popular tourist areas has reignited conversations about sexual violence against
women in the world’s largest democracy. Since the 2012 gang rape and murder of
a 23-year-old woman, known as “J” in the Indian press, the world has been
fixated on India’s “rape crisis,” especially when rapes are perpetrated against
foreign women. In July 2013, six men were sentenced to life in prison for the
beating, rape, and robbery of a Swiss woman. Both “J” and the Swiss woman were
accompanied by male companions, giving lie to the myth that women with male
protectors are safer than those without. The Danish woman, who left India on
Wednesday, was alone, but in a purportedly safe area frequented by Western
tourists.
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| The attack on the Danish woman took place near New Delhi Railway Station |
