Patriarchal mindset and Rape Laws

The recent landmark rulings by Supreme Court on Privacy Judgement and Triple Talaq are incomplete without repealing the draconian Section 377 and Criminalising Marital Rape.
Rape laws in India continue with the patriarchal mindset of considering women to be the property of men post marriage with no autonomy or agency over their bodies. Marital rape has been impeached in approximately 106 countries and is documented as a desecration of human rights. Among the 106 countries, 32 consider it as a special criminal offence, and the remaining 74 include it in the general rape provisions.
Even though many countries around the world have taken such strong and progressive steps, India is one of the 36 countries where it is still not a criminal offence and is untouched by the lawmakers of our country.

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