In India, Cows Are Sacred, Women Are Dispensable

Gandhi said "The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way in which its animals are treated."<p>I guess Gandhi forgot that cows in India really do have it pretty good. Unfortunately, we, the people of india, haven't been able to pass a vital measure of moral progress: how do we treat our women. The woman taking a walk, travelling on public transit or the countless other examples that the author cites, should serve as a reminder of how spectacularly we have failed as a society. I wouldn't be surprised if we have actually regressed significantly [2].<p>It's hard to be optimistic about India, but hopefully these shocking incidents would stir up enough Indians to take notice and try to do something about it. For example, education(including sex ed. by the way) is a start. I am not sure how literacy rates have been affected by the RTE [1] act that came into effect in 2010, but I am hopeful that in the longer run, it'll improve our society.<p>[1] Right to Education Act: <a href="http://mhrd.gov.in/rte" rel="nofollow">http://mhrd.gov.in/rte</a><p>[2] An interview from the former king of Travancore (read the last question, the one about matriarchs): <a href="http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/Chunk-HT-UI-ViewsSectionPage-Interviews/The-riches-belong-to-nobody-certainly-not-to-our-family/Article1-719270.aspx" rel="nofollow">http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/Chunk-HT-UI-ViewsSec...</a>

I am male, but I'm a strong feminist. I refuse to use GoDaddy for hosting because of their degrading and objectifying advertising campaign. But there's a problem stemming from two different views on feminism.<p>It seems like there are two distinct sides, and no neutral ground, for women's rights, and how one goes about fighting for them.<p>On one hand, you have sexually repressed apes perpetually abusing women and nobody bats an eye.<p>And on the other hand, you have clinically insane extremists who freak out over jokes about Github.<p>It's sad that we can't fight for what matters, which is women's rights. It's either go completely mad about it or do nothing at all.

I'm looking at her list of things she has to do at the bottom of the article.<p>My wife and daughters do most of those (including a modesty scarf)...and we live in the USA.

One more article which goes on about how bad it is for women in India without suggesting any method of setting the wrong right. Women are also considered sacred but as goes for any religion, people take and interpret what they find suitable for themselves. The laws are there for namesake and enforced only when the perpetrator is from the lower rung of the society while powerful criminals go free. Also women from the economically and socially backward are not even aware of the protection the law guarantees them. We do not need one more article which goes on and on about how bad it is in India. We get that from the media everyday. We need practical solutions and discussions around it.

written by... a woman. surprise surprise. Well, she just need to move to a country where men are dispensable. She´s in luck because that's just about any other country in the world except for evil India of course.<p>Disclaimer: I didn´t read the "article"