Comments on: Policing Change: A Personal Perspective on Violence Against Women and Children http://ultraviolet.in/2007/09/18/policing-change-a-personal-perspective-on-violence-against-women-and-children/ a site for Indian feminists Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:20:52 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Becky Blab » Blog Archive » Justice done? http://ultraviolet.in/2007/09/18/policing-change-a-personal-perspective-on-violence-against-women-and-children/comment-page-1/#comment-147 Becky Blab » Blog Archive » Justice done? Thu, 20 Sep 2007 09:43:11 +0000 http://youngfeminists.wordpress.com/2007/09/18/policing-change-a-personal-perspective-on-violence-against-women-and-children/#comment-147 [...] and beliefs may pose just as much of an obstacle to equality as those of men. But this post at Ultra Violet about gender discrimination in India gives us a crucial reminder: It is untrue that ‘women are [...] [...] and beliefs may pose just as much of an obstacle to equality as those of men. But this post at Ultra Violet about gender discrimination in India gives us a crucial reminder: It is untrue that ‘women are [...]

]]> By: anasuya http://ultraviolet.in/2007/09/18/policing-change-a-personal-perspective-on-violence-against-women-and-children/comment-page-1/#comment-146 anasuya Tue, 18 Sep 2007 06:43:46 +0000 http://youngfeminists.wordpress.com/2007/09/18/policing-change-a-personal-perspective-on-violence-against-women-and-children/#comment-146 The 'debate' has been around for a while, as some of you may remember; when the pre-natal sex selection kits first came out (a few years ago), TOI ran ads for it. When people protested, there was a 'rational', 'individual rights-based' carefully crafted editorial that defended the decision to place the ad and to allow sex-selection. Funny how people don't talk about the individual rights of a woman to live a life free of assault, abuse and apathy in quite the same way, huh? A perfect world would obviously not need 'policing' of any kind. But we know it ain't perfect - far from - and this it-may-be-broke-but-don't-fix-it-it'll-happen-automatically attitude is dangerous. Like the US government on climate change. And yes, we do need to be careful about blurring the lines between collective social justice and individual liberty and choice, but with great rights, come (er, sorry we reminded you) great responsibilities. The ‘debate’ has been around for a while, as some of you may remember; when the pre-natal sex selection kits first came out (a few years ago), TOI ran ads for it. When people protested, there was a ‘rational’, ‘individual rights-based’ carefully crafted editorial that defended the decision to place the ad and to allow sex-selection. Funny how people don’t talk about the individual rights of a woman to live a life free of assault, abuse and apathy in quite the same way, huh?

A perfect world would obviously not need ‘policing’ of any kind. But we know it ain’t perfect – far from – and this it-may-be-broke-but-don’t-fix-it-it’ll-happen-automatically attitude is dangerous. Like the US government on climate change. And yes, we do need to be careful about blurring the lines between collective social justice and individual liberty and choice, but with great rights, come (er, sorry we reminded you) great responsibilities.

]]> By: Anindita Sengupta http://ultraviolet.in/2007/09/18/policing-change-a-personal-perspective-on-violence-against-women-and-children/comment-page-1/#comment-145 Anindita Sengupta Tue, 18 Sep 2007 06:09:18 +0000 http://youngfeminists.wordpress.com/2007/09/18/policing-change-a-personal-perspective-on-violence-against-women-and-children/#comment-145 Disturbing, isn't it? Atanu Dey (a rather popular blogger) also wrote about this earlier: http://www.deeshaa.org/2003/10/22/the-skewed-sex-ratio/ with a similar attitude but a more sophisticated tone. Disturbing, isn’t it? Atanu Dey (a rather popular blogger) also wrote about this earlier: http://www.deeshaa.org/2003/10/22/the-skewed-sex-ratio/ with a similar attitude but a more sophisticated tone.

]]> By: Space Bar http://ultraviolet.in/2007/09/18/policing-change-a-personal-perspective-on-violence-against-women-and-children/comment-page-1/#comment-144 Space Bar Tue, 18 Sep 2007 05:56:52 +0000 http://youngfeminists.wordpress.com/2007/09/18/policing-change-a-personal-perspective-on-violence-against-women-and-children/#comment-144 Apropos of this, has any of you read this astonishing post? Here it is: http://kalachakraist.blogspot.com/2007/07/female-foeticide.html Apropos of this, has any of you read this astonishing post? Here it is: http://kalachakraist.blogspot.com/2007/07/female-foeticide.html

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