Thoughts of a brown feminist

INDIA AND MARITAL RAPE "I say nothing, not one word, from beginning to end, and neither does he. If it were lawful for a woman to hate her husband, I would hate him as a rapist. " -Philippa Gregory, The Red Queen There is no oddness to the gospel truth that India is a patriarchal institution in which women are undervalued, objectified, satirised, and viewed as the weaker portion of society. Gender-based crimes have increased as our country progresses toward modernization. The number of domestic abuse complaints received by the National Commission for Women increased dramatically from 2,960 in 2019 to 5 in 2020. The fourth most prevalent crime against women is still rape. According to the National Crime Records Bureau's (NCRB) annual report for 2019, 32033 rape crimes were reported across the nation, an average of 88 incidents per day, with 30,165 rapes perpetrated by offenders known to the victim. Rape is defined under S. 375 of the Indian Penal Code, 1950, which states t