I stumbled upon this travel vlogger and I was watching her videos, which are generally joyful and upbeat, and I saw in the comments one person asked when she would come back to Kerala. Her response was "I don't think I'll ever visit any part of India again". That piqued my interest. Then I found this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfzO-AuAhsM
I was saddened and deeply disturbed by her horrible experience traveling in India as part of a guided tour. As someone who has never been to India, I couldn't help but have a few questions:
1. There were some good Indians who made her feel safe. Yet there were dozens, hundreds who harassed her. Why the discrepancy? Who are these gangs of Indian men who just stand around the beach or on the streets doing nothing all day long until they find a foreign woman to harass? Shouldn't the government or police step in to drive them out or put them in cells?
2. Why do they want a photo with her? Do they want to jack off to it later? Brag to friends about a fictitious relationship with a white woman?
3. Has there been any incidents where a female tourist was actually gang raped (full-on assault not just groping) by Indians? How many of these incidents are reported and how many are not?
4. Apparently this isn't isolated to just white women, and not even humans. https://www.vice.com/en/article/india-gang-rape-monitor-lizard-animal-abuse/ I wonder if there is an undercurrent of male rage in India where men who have little to no prospects in life either financially or romantically find a sadistic pleasure in reclaiming a sense of power over the vulnerable and protected (given that the type of monitor lizard is a protected species, I'm guessing the choice of victim was purposeful). I'm not excusing them at all, and their actions are evil and unforgivable, I'm just trying to understand how systematically things can improve.
5. Are there any efforts being done either grassroots or governmentally to address this problem?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfzO-AuAhsM
I was saddened and deeply disturbed by her horrible experience traveling in India as part of a guided tour. As someone who has never been to India, I couldn't help but have a few questions:
1. There were some good Indians who made her feel safe. Yet there were dozens, hundreds who harassed her. Why the discrepancy? Who are these gangs of Indian men who just stand around the beach or on the streets doing nothing all day long until they find a foreign woman to harass? Shouldn't the government or police step in to drive them out or put them in cells?
2. Why do they want a photo with her? Do they want to jack off to it later? Brag to friends about a fictitious relationship with a white woman?
3. Has there been any incidents where a female tourist was actually gang raped (full-on assault not just groping) by Indians? How many of these incidents are reported and how many are not?
4. Apparently this isn't isolated to just white women, and not even humans. https://www.vice.com/en/article/india-gang-rape-monitor-lizard-animal-abuse/ I wonder if there is an undercurrent of male rage in India where men who have little to no prospects in life either financially or romantically find a sadistic pleasure in reclaiming a sense of power over the vulnerable and protected (given that the type of monitor lizard is a protected species, I'm guessing the choice of victim was purposeful). I'm not excusing them at all, and their actions are evil and unforgivable, I'm just trying to understand how systematically things can improve.
5. Are there any efforts being done either grassroots or governmentally to address this problem?