Ashamed

This post is in response to my twitter-friend @Sanjana_S's blog post "Shame on you" -a very strongly opinionated piece on what she thought of  the most hienous crime- rape. While commenting on her blog i had the idea of adding a new post here and add the link as comment on here blog. I absolutely refuse to categorize rape as a mere sexual crime, it is something far more heinous than that, the ultimate brutalization and subjugation of the victim as well as her kins. Ever wondered why invading armies, rioters and marauders would do that? Wouldn't it be very difficult to derive sexual pleasure during the mayhem? Definitely, it has to be sumthing other than sex.

Primitive warrior tribes considered women the most prized possession, a symbol of masculinity. If you observe the habits of primates and gorillas,the strongest, meanest and most brutish male of the tribe gets to keep the best of women and largest share of food. The female is the symbol of the alpha male's domination, a reminder to less stronger tribe-members of who is in charge (aan baan shan :p)