The most notorious crime that can ever be committed against a woman is rape. There is no doubt about it. And few countries can beat India when it comes to the number of rape cases. Well, my fellow Indians claim that India is the land of peace, harmony, values and ethics. Now a days we have moral police beating up women to prevent them from going to pub, because going to pub is against Indian culture. The number of rape cases registered in India in first three quarters of 2008 in India is 18359. I guess raping women is the true Indian culture!!!!

I believe the real reason for the atrocities against women in India is because of Indian culture and its attitude towards sex. I do feel that Indian society in its current form is quite hypocrite. I feel so because this society does not accept the thing that is so rampant and obvious. Sexual desire is the basic instinct of human and it is just the way we all are. We can’t change ourselves completely. If we can control the basic instinct then we will be God for sure. Yet Indian society not only disregards the basic human instinct but also brands sex as dirty. As a result society has stymied the outlet for the passion. Thus things happen under cover and many women fall prey to the desire.

The first step in the remedy for any problem is the acknowledgement of the problem. Indian society should accept the human nature of desire for sex. If we can’t control it, then let’s regulate it. If people can’t control themselves, then we have to provide a way to satisfy the desire. Illegal prostitution is flourishing underground, but it is not convenient for normal Joe. So let’s legalize prostitution as it will be the appropriate channel to satisfy the carnal desire. If we have legal brothels in our cities and towns, then people will have the means to satisfy their sexual desire any time, any where. Once sex is available in the market conveniently, people won’t commit the heinous crime of rape. At the same time let’s make the rules extremely stringent so that nobody is able to get away with it. This will drastically reduce the number of rapes in India.

Legalization of prostitution can have many other benefits. Regulation of the trade will bring down the number of HIV/AIDS cases. Women involved in the trade will get recognized as workers and exploitation by law enforcement agencies will end. Legalization will pave the way for insurance, health care, schooling for children of sex workers and numerous other benefits.

But politicians and the so called custodians of Indian culture will be up in arms because they can’t tolerate brothel in the market as this goes against the ‘non-existent’ Indian culture. Hypocrite Indian society can tolerate the destruction of an innocent life but can’t accept existence of the very basic instinct of human. Hope people get courage to accept the fact and the truth. Only if they do, we can stop rape menace in India.