Posted on: 23 Oct 2022
[Shri Hrushikesh asked: If a woman is wearing revealing clothes due to which some of the body parts are visible and she gets raped by a person. In this case will she be also become equally responsible for the loss that happened to her along with the person who raped? Kindly elaborate. At your Feet, Hrushikesh]
Swami replied: It is the fault of the woman to wear insufficient clothes exposing the parts of her body. At the same time, it is also an equal sin on the side of the rapist, whose eyes are searching the exposed parts of the body. Both are equally responsible, but the rapist is more responsible for the rape. If the person by seeing the exposed parts of the body of a lady is jumping on her to rape, where is the control of mind on the part of the rapist? Moreover, the lady is resisting the person and if the lady is equally interested, she should have cooperated to the rape. Therefore, jumping of the rapist to rape in spite of the resistance from the other side makes the rapist become totally a full criminal. Of course, the lady should also have taken sufficient care to prevent the rape than weeping against the incurable damage. Now, the point is why ladies are not taking such precautions? Generally, modern girls are doing such foolish things. The reason for such exposure is that they want to attract suitable males for marriage. Hence, all this is a complicated vicious circle. But, the exposure of the body of the girls can be treated certainly a wrong step, but this itself cannot be made the total responsible step.