I am a female Indian and I advocate for consent
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on january 10
2019 asifa obama
an eight-year-old dramatic girl living
in
after being tranquilized for four days
her body was later found in force on the
17th of january
she died she was eight
and and the reason it was apparently a
strategy to get rid of tribe from the
area
as they were a minority so what did you
do
they made it
i’m sorry
two years ago at age 15 i spoke about
being a proud female engineer who stands
for equality
two years later now it’s 17 hopefully a
bit wiser
i continue speaking about controversial
social issues
addressing the sensitive subject of rape
today why
because our 21st century world needs
models for change
the cambridge dictionary defines rape as
follows to force someone to have
sex when they are willing
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non-consensual sex is rape i repeat
sex without consent is great
sex against a person’s will
but why does it happen
is it really because she was wearing
something reading
is it really because she was walking
home alone at night
i asked him harder she was probably
drunk right
or maybe flirting with someone being a
little provocative perhaps
no none of these are even the slightest
that causes the reasons for why reef
actually happens
so now i’ll ask you again why does it
happen
breakfast
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the united nations defines
culture as the social environment which
allows
which which allows sexual violence to be
normalized
this could be due to existing gender
inequality
victim blaming and toxic masculinity
why why should sexually assaulting
someone be normalized
for example in india girls are told how
to dress
to have more trouble so that they’re in
selection
and so that they preserve their own
and what do they normalize predatory
behavior
a culture of misogyny aggressiveness
and normalize sexual abuse towards women
is a type of rape culture which exists
in india
rape is a crime it is a form of sexual
assault
it is never the right spot to get raped
it is fistful and yet
many people don’t come forward and
report their case
sometimes the numbers when looking at
rape statistics
are increasing but no not because more
people are necessarily getting raped
but because more people are coming
forward to report their case
there are probably many people in this
world who feel like they cannot
or even worse should not report their
case
therefore it makes it really hard to
analyze
rape statistics as they don’t as they
don’t
genuinely represent the number of
victims present in the country
i would also like to take a moment to
talk about the men here
yes the proportion of female rape
victims is much higher than the
proportion of
male reporters but that doesn’t mean
that male rate victims should be
neglected
in fact according to the 2.78 million in
the usa are either our victims of either
completed or
attempted rape
it is equally as wrong and as disgusting
regardless of the gender
then again it’s also very hard to
analyze the statistics
as as
then again it is also very hard to
analyze these statistics
as not everybody comes forward and
reports their case
this could be due to social pressures
and disempowered after the incident
the world health organization states
that 35
more than 35 of women
face sexual violence throughout their
lifetime
however something interesting to look at
here is the correlation between them
and some of some factors which could be
responsible for why circumstances have
more weight cases than others
for instance if somebody has been
educated about consent
then they’re familiar with the fact that
they must receive sexual consent in
order for it to happen
if you want it is unwilling and very
much
great education about consent is
extremely important
the more it is talked about the more the
more
the lesser abusive consequences people
will have to face
and even and even if they do the more
likely that they will record it
why because we are trying to create a
society
which makes that which makes them feel
comfortable
in regards to talking about this crime
so we’re doing that
we as a society need to need to
support the survivors of rape and
encourage them
to report their crimes to the police
authorities
when dealing with someone that has been
sexually assaulted
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even though there was no violence that
even if there is no violence in them
see to it that a victim is receiving all
the attention and support required
at your schools and workplaces
make sure there’s a counselor
if not bring it up to your principal or
boss
you can donate to organizations such as
victim support in the united nations
starting the united kingdom
or rape crisis network in ireland
these donations could potentially aid in
the costs
of someone’s rehabilitation
it isn’t easy it never is
it might be extremely hard but is it but
it is a step towards
change and a healing process for the
survivor
educate yourself and others around you
about the rape culture
rather than keeping your girls in the
house which seems to be indirectly
punishing them for something that they
haven’t even done
educating your voice about consent would
be a more impactful way
of approaching the problem we as a
society
need to change the way we approach this
problem
since boys and men are the major
perpetrators of this crime
educate educating them and changing
their aptitudes regarding bodies
sex consent and control
would be a much more effective way in
diminishing or like reducing this danger
as opposed to hiding your
girls away from the danger both genders
need to understand
the importance and the requirement of
caring and respecting one another
when it comes in regards to sexual
behavior
i i have been here for about a decade
spent a lot of time in uid and i’ve
picked up many different learner profile
attributes
one of them being a risk paper
so today i took my risk
talking about rape is extremely
uncomfortable
it is a topic that is just
so negative and is just disregarded in
many households in indian culture
it is a crime that has brought enough
attention to
it is a form of assault that most that
most people get away with without being
punished
which is why i’m talking about it
to be a model for change to educate
educate people about the importance of
consent
it might seem really obvious here but
this is the reality of most women in
developing countries
there is a major issue of consent hence
there needs to be more education about
consent in order to improve those
developing
countries as well i also want to instill
instill in people’s minds that rape is
sex without consent
and lastly to inspire
inspire someone to inspire people to
raise their voice for great victims and
to be someone a person can talk to
a small change is the starting point of
a long-stranded chain that people will
gradually join
for this voices must be raised
i waste mine and now i’m asking you to
raise yours too
if you’re part of the global youth you
have so many
years ahead of you you’re one of the
brightest futures this world has yet to
see
your voice is power so use that voice
why because let me tell you
no one and when i say nobody nobody on
this planet
regardless of their gender sexuality
nationality or race deserves to be
sexually assaulted
thank you