| > So this is what happens, if exponential progress collides head-on with a medieval culture thad had no time to prepare It's inaccurate to characterize this as a problem with "medieval culture" meeting new technology. This is a problem of a misogynist ultra-patriarchal culture (subculture?) in which new technology enables abusers to spread evidence of their misdeeds as a kind of perverse propaganda. This is NOT to say India as a whole, or even in the main, is misogynist and ultra-patriarchal. Another reason I'm calling this out as inaccurate is that it distances many first-worlders (for example, myself in the USA) from such behavior, but we know all too well that such behaviors are replicated at all levels of society from the lowest and most impoverished ghettos to the most advantaged, wealthy, and presumably cultured dynastic families. Technology in the form of social media enables others to see it and, in this particular instance, the distribution of the video documenting the crime has the effect (intended or not) of further repressing women who would dare to better themselves and their society (e.g. as health workers). What really saddens me (as well as reinforces the idea that the dissemination of the video reinforces misogyny) is the husband's reaction: > But in her home village, anger over Geeta's death is still
> muted by questions about her honour. Even Geeta's own
> husband, who eventually found out about the video from his
> neighbours, shares the prevailing suspicion that she might
> have done something to encourage the attack. "If she had
> told me," he says, "we'd have asked her if it was done with
> her consent. Then we'd have gathered the village elders to
> decide what action should be taken." He shows no sign of
> outrage about the rape, and has made no demands for police
> action.
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Like every few months there's a similar story involving some top 10 football team getting away with the same shit.