With all the controversy around India’s Daughter, the documentary had something which was sickening to the core. The rapists were expected to have a shitty mindset. What agitated me were the views of the defense lawyer, ML Sharma. In case you weren’t aware, this is what he had said, in the documentary –
“the females are like flowers – good looking, soft, give a pleasant feeling. The males are tough, like thorns. Females need men to be protected. If thrown in gutter, they’ll be spoiled. If kept in temples, worshiped. Why did they send her with anyone that late at night? He wasn’t her boyfriend. Is it not parents’ responsibility to keep an eye on where she goes and with whom? That girl was with some unknown boy who took her on a date. They were under a filmy imagination. In our society, we don’t allow our girls to come out of the house. Girls are like diamonds. If you keep them on street like food, dogs will take it. Sorry, girls and boys aren’t friends in our society. Women mean putting sex in his eyes. We have the best culture. In our culture, there is no place for women. In our society, we never allow our girls to come out from the house after 6:30 or 7.30 or 8.30 in the evening with any unknown person. If very important, she should go, but with family members. She should not go with boyfriend.”
Well, there’s so much more to the shallowness of this guy that would leave you deeply aghast. Check out the interview he had given to newslaundry back in 2013 here –
