In India, people are on the streets against widespread sexual violence and the equally widespread and deep-seated culture of victim-blaming and misogyny that makes it difficult for rape survivors to get justice.
We need you to tell the Government of India to prohibit, without any further delay, the misogynist and degrading medico-legal practice of inserting two fingers in the vagina to check if the rape survivor is ‚habituated to sex.‘ This practice, inherited by India from colonial times, is nothing but medical ‚re-rape‘ of the rape survivor. It contributes to India‘s low conviction rates for rape, by allowing the survivor‘s past sexual history to undermine her testimony.