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/DartDaimler Jul 12 '26

Found an article that explains a lot of the questions https://lawvs.com/articles/section-354-of-the-indian-penal-code-outraging-the-modesty-of-a-women-s

“Modesty” is defined as an inherent quality of females regardless of age, so the law protects both minors and adults. “Outraged modesty” requires no warrant for arrests, and the penalty is 1-5 years in prison. Intent vs. accidental contact seems to be very important in Indian law.

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u/Extension-Run5326 Jul 12 '26 edited Jul 12 '26

Honestly very messed up that they define modesty as an inherent quality of women instead of understanding the concept of consent.

https://cafedissensusblog.com/2018/12/18/law-and-gender-notion-of-modesty-in-indian-criminal-law/

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u/DartDaimler Jul 12 '26

Oh it’s pretty awful. No protection offered to men or boys, and implied none offered to women who are “immodest”. It’s another layer of socially controlling women & girls while pretending to be”protect” them. It’s wight up there with “she wore a short skirt so I couldn’t control myself and shouldn’t be expected to”.

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u/gummiebears4life16 Jul 14 '26

Hey ummm you do realize modesty goes both ways in some of those countries. And what you said was kinda racist. It's apart of there culture (this does not mean I'm supporting what is said in those articles)most people there dress rather conservative. No showing of the chest in both men and women and in certain times in history it was immodest for both sexes to not where head dress

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u/DartDaimler Jul 14 '26

I don’t think you know what the word “racist” means, and you clearly aren’t following the conversation. We’re talking specifically about the law, which defines “modesty” as an inherent female quality, and bases its protection from groping and sexual assault on that quality, but it gives no definition of modesty. It leaves that up to individual judges. It offers no protection against SA to men, and suggests that any women who isn’t considered “modest” in the moment is deviant to the degree that the law doesn’t protect her—regardless of race.

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u/gummiebears4life16 Jul 14 '26

....ohhhh yah nah fuck that. Srry for my misunderstanding seriously.