"You save yourself or you remain unsaved" this was quoted by Alice Sebold. We all are aware what had happened in 16 December, 2012 , where a 23-year-old female was a victim of a gang rape. And after this major incident had happened, India is recognized as the world's rape capital. An American website recently satirized the problem by joking about an upcoming rape festival in the country. In general, rape is a serious problem  all over the world. Then why is rape worse in India than any other country ?

 
 #1 More rapes are being reported now. With the modernizing of the society, more women are being educated and more women are going out to work. And nowadays they are also becoming very bold and independent. This means that they are more likely to be sexually abused, its means they are more likely compared to women of the previous generations and thus to report rapes and to confront the sexual predators. In the three months after the Delhi gang rape,  the number of rape cases has doubled in the city to 359, from the 143 cases reported in the months of January-March of 2012. This doesn't necessarily mean that more rape cases are happening in the country, but more women are emboldened to come out and report. 

#2 India has a high conviction rate for rape. According to the Guardian, just 7% of reported rapes in the U.K. resulted in convictions during 2011-12. In Sweden, the conviction rate is as low as 10%. France had a conviction rate of 25% in 2006. But in India, with many tough challenges, managed an impressive 24.2% conviction rate in 2012. 

#3 Media reports everything.  According to Dave Prager, the American author of Delirious Delhi, crimes that “wouldn’t garner even a sentence in an American paper because so many bigger crimes would elbow it out of the way” are obsessively reported in Indian news publications. Post the Delhi gang rape, Indian media have faithfully recorded each and every rape case, highlighted them for the world and continue to do so.​

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