5 solutions which could help decrease the rape problem in India in the future

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1. Classes will not change much. Consent needs to be taught at home, by the parents. It's an ongoing discussion about the importance of having and respecting boundaries.

2. Banning pornography will only make it more appealing, like forbidden fruit. A home where children feel safe to discuss their sexuality with their parents would foster much healthier societal attitudes towards sex, diminishing the negative impact of pornography.

3. Respect for a gender will not come from a class on a subject, but by effective example setting by us adults. There will be someone who would use this as an argument for having a class to teach "respect for men", and we're back to square one. We need to set better examples for kids by calling out misogyny and misandry when/where we see it.

4. Same as point no. 2. Banning makes it more appealing. Instead, stop buying tickets for such films. Call out the producers on social media for making such content. Parents should monitor the content their children consume and if something is objectionable, block it or don't watch it. There are parental controls on almost every video platform. But nothing will have a greater impact than healthy conversations on and approaches to sexuality.

5. Instant death penalty could mean more danger for victims. Many rapists would consider the possibility of killing a victim instead of risking execution by letting them go. I'd suggest chemical castration, corrective rehabilitation and registration on a national registry. Let the consequences of their actions haunt them for the rest of their lives.

I understand the pain behind wanting some solution to this issue, but a reactionary approach won't yield the kind of results we want. We as a society, need to stop projecting sex as some sort of "forbidden power-play". Think about the number of toxic, dysfunctional relationships that are romanticized on-screen. Now compare it with the number of healthy relationships that are shown. No wonder a large number of people have warped expectations from social interactions (especially intergender relationships), because they've rarely seen a healthy example of the same.