delhi gang rape

Since 2012

Are you group/ organisation that formed after Delhi Gang Rape, 2012 ? ​( Do you know of a group )​We would like to list you and your area of work to create insight on recent organising. Please email in at blurtblanknoise@gmail with a short description of your focus area.We and many more get asked " what has changed since 2012 ?​ " Your new efforts are part of what's changing . Thank you. 

Against Castration

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The most recent demands for castration can broadly be divided into two categories: popular and legal. Here we wish to problematize both, the legal and popular demands for castration by drawing out the reductive understanding of rape implicit in this demand; and by tracing the problematic notion of emasculation-as-justice driving this demand. We call for a suspension of the demand for castration on three broad grounds, listed here and discussed in greater detail below:
-          The logic of castration as legal punishment locates the threat of rape squarely in the male body (specifically male genitalia), reinforcing the heteronormative paradigm of peno-vaginal penetration that feminists have been trying for decades to dislodge from Indian rape law.
-          Such a punishment obscures the role of institutions in enabling and preserving rape. It also delinks sexual assault from structures of caste, class, sexuality and disability, which shape sexual violence.
-          The popular demand for castration relies on a logic of emasculation (napunsak banana) that actually re-centers “good,” protectionist masculinity as the way to creating a safer environment in our communities.

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Painted. Dented. Pledging. 
In Red Lipstick 
Jan 1 your city. 
4: 30pm 
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1. Examine your role in making your city safe- pledge it.
What is the little or big way in which you pledge to make your city safe ? Carry it on a placard.

2. It's about time our ministers/ politicians really started thinking about safe cities as an urgent priority. What change would you like the ministers in your city / state to pledge to make your city safe? mention name + city + pledge
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