There is a heated debate currently going on in India regarding the rights of women.
India’s Daughter, a highly controversial film, in which Leslie interviewed rapists to find out the thoughts of the men, may be banned in India.
You can see how the rapists and the lawyers justify the rape for reasons such as ‘Women are harmless domestic animals’, or ‘She is on the streets after 8:30 therefore she is a bad woman so I can rape her’.
In India, a baby boy is given a full glass of milk while a baby girl is only given half a glass of milk.
Society’s mindset need to change.
A good moral principle to follow is:
Setient beings should not suffer.
This can be derived from the Golden Rule:
Do to others what you would want them to do to you.
Matthew 7:12 New International Version (NIV)
So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.
If you do not want suffering to yourself, please do not cause suffering to other people.