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Celeb News: Priyanka Chopra: Nobody has the right to rape me
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Priyanka Chopra: Nobody has the right to rape me
The woman who was gang raped just died from the assault. 
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Priyanka Chopra: I want a re-look at women's rights in this country
By: Aditi Caroli
New Delhi: Sharing the nation's outrage over the gang-rape case in Delhi, actress Priyanka Chopra favoured a re-look into women's rights in the country while rejecting criticism that actors only pays lip service to such causes.
"What happened is a heinous crime. As an Indian, I feel ashamed of it. I call for stringent punishment for the accused, but I also want the protests to be peaceful. It’s time for all of us to come together and make a change and not just forget about it in a few days,” she said.
"I want a re-look at women's rights in this country. We live in a male-dominated society, but the attitude towards girls should change. They should be valued as much as boys," Priyanka added.
So, does she think the culprits should be given death penalty? “I do believe in severe punishment. But it is not a decision that a single person can take, it is something that needs to be debated,” she added.
The actor-singer took the opportunity to lash-out against the lot who blame women for provoking men. “A lot of people have said that girls wear provocative clothes or go out at night and drink, which prompts men to take advantage of them. Some even hold movies responsible for it. But the only thing responsible for a woman getting raped is a man’s mindset. There is no other reason for it. I could be walking naked, but you still don’t have the right to rape me,” she pointed out.
The actor however suggests that women must learn to protect themselves: "Parents should also teach their sons to respect a woman rather than telling their daughters to not wear this or that. That is the change we need. Meanwhile, girls should protect themselves.”
The 30-year-old actor, who’s UNICEF’s Goodwill Ambassador, thinks that it is heart-warming that several young Bollywood actors have come out strongly against the rape.“ Celebrities have the power to draw attention of the masses to an issue, since people listen to us. And I think it is my social responsibility as a celebrity to use the platform that I have to create awareness,” she said.
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Nobody has "right" to rape anyone under any given circumstances.
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She's 100% right 
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Originally posted by zombaland
Nobody has "right" to rape anyone under any given circumstances. |
fairly sure that was her point
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Yeah, my mother (West Indian) is of the mindset that a woman is asking for it if she dresses or acts a certain way AND I'm totally this "the only thing responsible for a woman getting raped is a man’s mindset. There is no other reason for it. [A woman] could be walking naked, but you still don’t have the right to rape [her]."
Thumbs up, Chopra.
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The sad part is, everything she said easily applies to most Western nations as well. The "she was asking for it" mentality is deeply embedded in our society as well. We're generally more advanced than countries like India when it comes women's rights, but as far as the topic of rape goes, we're just as backwards as they are. I mean, do you think someone like Todd Akin would even dream of saying what he said if we didn't make victim-blaming an acceptable thing?
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Originally posted by Moonage Daydream
The sad part is, everything she said easily applies to most Western nations as well. The "she was asking for it" mentality is deeply embedded in our society as well. We're generally more advanced than countries like India when it comes women's rights, but as far as the topic of rape goes, we're just as backwards as they are. I mean, do you think someone like Todd Akin would even dream of saying what he said if we didn't make victim-blaming an acceptable thing?
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Can you provide a source or more info on this? I'm lost. 
But for her sticking up for women's rights in India. This has gotten so far out of hand.
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Originally posted by Moonage Daydream
The sad part is, everything she said easily applies to most Western nations as well. The "she was asking for it" mentality is deeply embedded in our society as well. We're generally more advanced than countries like India when it comes women's rights, but as far as the topic of rape goes, we're just as backwards as they are. I mean, do you think someone like Todd Akin would even dream of saying what he said if we didn't make victim-blaming an acceptable thing?
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Blaming the victim is common everywhere and not even just for rape. If you have something valuable stolen like your iPhone, people always play the " you shouldn't have..." card instead of putting the blame on the person who actually stole it. 
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There is no other reason for it. I could be walking naked, but you still don’t have the right to rape me
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Flawless words...
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Originally posted by Inverted
Blaming the victim is common everywhere and not even just for rape. If you have something valuable stolen like your iPhone, people always play the " you shouldn't have..." card instead of putting the blame on the person who actually stole it. |
It's not a bad thing to say unless your country has 0% street crime rate. People have other problems too especially for poor countries and a struggling economy can lead to negative actions like theft etc... It's not a complicated thing to correlate.
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Can you provide a source or more info on this? I'm lost.
But for her sticking up for women's rights in India. This has gotten so far out of hand. |
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In an August 19, 2012 interview, Todd Akin, the U.S. Representative for Missouri's 2nd congressional district was asked his views on whether women who became pregnant due to rape should have the option of abortion. He replied:
"Well you know, people always want to try to make that as one of those things, well how do you, how do you slice this particularly tough sort of ethical question. First of all, from what I understand from doctors, that’s really rare. If it’s a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down. But let’s assume that maybe that didn’t work or something. I think there should be some punishment, but the punishment ought to be on the rapist and not attacking the child."
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People like that are representatives in america.
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Originally posted by brIt-()nstar
It's not a bad thing to say unless your country has 0% street crime rate. People have other problems too especially for poor countries and a struggling economy can lead to negative actions like theft etc... It's not a complicated thing to correlate.
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That's irrelevant. Of course a poorer country is more likely to have a higher crime rate, but we're talking personal attitudes/prejudices that are common among people, not a political issue.
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Originally posted by Inverted
Blaming the victim is common everywhere and not even just for rape. If you have something valuable stolen like your iPhone, people always play the " you shouldn't have..." card instead of putting the blame on the person who actually stole it. |
Definitely nowhere near to the extent that rape victims are blamed for their assault. If someone steals your iPhone, the thief will still be legally held responsible regardless of whether you could've prevented it or not. Meanwhile, it's not uncommon for rape cases to be dropped/dismissed because the rape is somehow pinned on the victim based on what she was wearing, how much she had to drink or whether she fought back sufficiently to prove that she didn't want it. Here's just one example: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/277263.stm
You're never gonna see a judge rule that a victim consents to being mugged if they walk through a seedy neighborhood at nighttime with a $600 phone.
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if she walking in the street naked and got raped, she was looking for it.
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Pryanka her cleverness
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Originally posted by Moonage Daydream
Definitely nowhere near to the extent that rape victims are blamed for their assault. If someone steals your iPhone, the thief will still be legally held responsible regardless of whether you could've prevented it or not. Meanwhile, it's not uncommon for rape cases to be dropped/dismissed because the rape is somehow pinned on the victim based on what she was wearing, how much she had to drink or whether she fought back sufficiently to prove that she didn't want it. Here's just one example: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/277263.stm
You're never gonna see a judge rule that a victim consents to being mugged if they walk through a seedy neighborhood at nighttime with a $600 phone. |
I know, I was just talking about the mentality that most people have. It's the first reaction for a lot of people to point the finger at a victim in practically any situation. As for the thief being held responsible no matter what, we're talking about India. If you did get your iPhone grabbed in a dirt poor part of an Indian city and tried to report it, the police would laugh and blame it on you. Nothing would come out of it so people don't even bother.
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Originally posted by iceage
if she walking in the street naked and got raped, she was looking for it.
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One day someone's going to do something to you and you're not going to like it. Hopefully another person will be there to that same thing to you. 
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Originally posted by iceage
if she walking in the street naked and got raped, she was looking for it.
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No, how stupid are you!?
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