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Chemical castration of rapists

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There are different debates going on in India to introduce Chemical castration of rapists in the wake of the brutality of the Nirbhaya gang rape case. The victim succumbed to her injuries in a Singapore hospital. The gang rape was filled by protests from parliament to streets. Most of the citizens of India want the accused to be hanged. And many of us agree that all this is happening because there is a fault in our values and upbringing of our men. But Nirbhaya case was not the only one. There was Badayun rape case, gang rapes with foreign tourists, with teenage girls, with girls under the age of 5, with ladies over the age of 70...and many more. The list is endless. Despite all the wrongs in rapes that have happened, there is a bright side to these cases. 'Rape' used to be a cuss word in Indian society, but now it is discussed more openly than before. Women have come to the forefront in a bolder manner like never before. Many cased which used to go unreported now come to t...