I want my research question to be based on rape as it’s one of the worst issues that societies face all around the world. Even though society is starting to give women the equal rights as men, a huge amount of the female population is not progressing because of the constant fear of being harassed, raped. Some of the question I have as far is now are-

Will there be a time when females will feel free to be out on their own without the fear of getting attacked?

What can parents do from a younger age for their children to learn about consent?

What will it take for society to learn to stop victim blaming?

I decided to write about this topic because of the recent incidents that happened in my country. A girl was raped by a group of guys while visiting a city with her husband for their honeymoon. Another one was also gang raped and a video of the incident was posted on Facebook about a month after by one of the rapists. These are only two girls who the whole country knows about. whereas at least 632 rape incidents took place between April to August this year. Many committed suicide after being raped and many were killed. A lot of the time the victim is blamed because of the clothes she was wearing, why she was alone, why were she out so late and many more. However, it is crystal clear that it is not the clothes, rather it clearly is the guy because there are also many little kids, elders and babies who are being a victim of rape. I have lived in my country for a very long time and I know the fear that was always stuck to my head. My sister and her family are still in my country which keeps my family and I in constant fear. I want to find different ways of self-defense, role of a family, ways to teach our society to stop victim blaming and many more from this research. Rape is an issue every country face. Few months ago, I read stories that girls from NYC posted about them getting raped which made me have fears again. This is important to me because I myself don’t feel safe going out at night even in America and I am sure no-one is supposed to feel this way.

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