40% of India's MPs face criminal charges, including rape and murder

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What's the deal with rape in India? It seems out of all the horrible acts a person can perform, rape is oftentimes high on the list. This also extends to foreigners visiting the country. E.g. Girls getting raped while on holiday.

Is it a masculine-related problem? Does poverty affect people's mindset in such a way?

Also, this is by no means an attack or a judgmental point of view. I am genuinely interested in understanding this. I have been to India before and it's an amazing place.

its happening because of no fear - the law system, law is good, but the people who in charge from judges, advocates, police, politicians all are corrupted. the way it has been implemented, practices is highly questionable. many rapes are not even recorded. you may also note the scale in which the country operates - 1.3 billion people, everything should be done for such a scale. once it has become a developed nation, you may expect some betterment.

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