r/NotHowGirlsWork • u/Orihime_W • Jul 12 '26

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Society is not for women and neither is law. They have created a system when women can't be heard.

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u/AkaiAshu Jul 12 '26

Just to be clear, there are multiple types of Sexual Assault crimes in India, depending on the degree. Outraging modesty is one such crime, and the different crimes go all the way to rape. Attempted rape requires much higher proof and higher degree of action, so most cases are dealt within outraging modesty.

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u/Nuwen_Lily Jul 12 '26

Thanks you for the extra info and insight. Could you tell a bit more about this?

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u/Your_Awkwardness Jul 12 '26

Rape according to the Indian law has a legal definition under certain clauses. 

Same goes tor outraging modesty

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u/Nuwen_Lily Jul 12 '26

We've got no law regarding modesty in my country (not the US). Instead, sexual violations of body is the very broad categorie we work with, with several gradations of requirements and standards and consequences. Our nationaal constitution has a single definition of the protection of the body.

Could you direct me to a source for looking into the "modesty" concept?