India's Rape Culture

The outrage in India is tremendous, woman everywhere are protesting, they want this to change and never happen again, but will the government answer their pleas? It’s hard to believe that this sort of thing could be allowed to happen on public transportation. A twenty-three year old was raped on a bus in which she suffered serious injuries. The injuries were so severe that they had to remove her intestines, however even this could not save her life.
The high rate of rape in India has always been a problem but the government has never taken steps to fix this. They instead reply back with absurd remarks such as “You behave yourself, you go back in the house”. The women are not to be blamed for wanting to leave the house, they should not have to be forced to stay at home, carry chili powder or walk around with a male escort and I have no reason to believe that they are asking for it when the government is making arguments such as these.
I believe that this problem will only be solved by means of reform, primarily in the mindset of all citizens in India. The problem is the thought that the women are the weaker sex. They are the ones who are blamed for all problems regardless of the fact if they are relevant or not! This is seen in both the richest and poorest families. The richest, where the mindset hasn’t changed regardless of the monetary gain and education, and in the poorest, where the mindset is “men are entitled to sex” and will achieve it by any means. India is in a state of transition between traditional and modern values; women are no longer the property of men and they should have full support from the government in order to move forward in their society.