Cities With Too Many Men

MUMBAI – More than a month after the fatal gang-rape of Jyoti Singh Pandey on a private bus in New Delhi, the brutal attack continues to reverberate around the cities of India. Headlines note the "shame of India" and ask, "What’s wrong with our men?" Enraged protestors hold signs that read "You rape, we chop," a reference to castration. It took only a short time for Bollywood stars to step in, with a "No more fear"-themed fashion gala here a few nights ago.

Meanwhile, news reports of horrific rapes continue, now covered more attentively in the press, and seemingly confirming the common belief that most violence has been going unreported. A girl was snatched from a bus stop by man on a motorcycle, taken to a shop where three accomplices waited, forced to drink a sedative, raped, and dumped by the side of the road. A 32-year-old woman who got off a jammed Delhi-bound train was gang raped and hung from a tree. That was just in one day’s news.