India’s daughter

Tuesday 10th March 2015 17:01 EDT
 

I am outraged and upset on BBC's decision to move the date of its premiere of above said documentary ahead of International Women's Day. Shame on the BBC and those involved in producing India's daughter which glorifies and justifies one of the men sentenced to death for raping and killing 23 year old woman by saying in his interview by BBC "a girl is far more responsible for rape than a boy. A decent girl won't roam around at 9:00 at night doing wrong things and wrong clothes”.
Why did the BBC have to go all the way to India to interview him in jail and than produce this documentary instead of looking in their own country's backyard where many rapists and sexual abusers are in jail and at large - some of them holding high profile position and authority like priests/pastors of churches, coaches  of sports, managers/bosses of public and private corporations, school teachers and professors, politicians, members of well reputed families and list goes on.
The BBC should have interviewed these people to produce the documentary and also should have gone to other parts of Europe and North America where rape culture is well alive in spite of so-called well educated and advanced countries of the world. On the eve of International Women's day on March 8 and Mother's day in England on March 15 I bow my head to all women and heartily wish Happy Mother’s Day to everyone.
Suresh and Bhavna Patel
Markham, Canada


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