rising tide of young people are fighting against the custom of virginity tests in this Indian commun

[Demovictory9]

rising tide of young people are fighting against the custom of virginity tests in this Indian community

Advocate Ranjana Gavande has been helping women who were abandoned following virginity tests in the Sangamner district of Maharahstra for the past eight years. She says that there are thousands of councils of the Bhantu community all over the country, and countless women have been wronged this way.

Twenty-eight Indian states lack a law protecting women from this kind of assault. And even when there are laws in place, like in Maharashtra where Tamaichekar lives, the police are usually reluctant to act on such complaints. They often believe that laws of the community are more important than books of statute, says Gavande.

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Vivek Tamaichekar, who is due to get married in May this year, first learned about this “cruel, discriminatory” practice when he got engaged to his fiancee, Aishwarya Bhat two years ago. Determined to protect his would-be wife from the virginity test, he told his family that he wouldn’t participate in the ritual.

“My family turned against me, while Aishwarya’s kin threatened to call the wedding off. That’s when I realized the magnitude of the issue, and decided to mobilize youngsters from my community who were willing to raise their voices against the archaic custom,” he says.

https://www.thelily.com/a-rising-tide-of-young-people-are-fighting-against-the-custom-of-virginity-tests-in-this-indian-community/

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. Good for those young people who are fighting this archaic, SEXIST practice.

And as always, it's the woman's fault if she fails the v test.

Horrifying, disgusting, sexist, wrong.......all of that and more.