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Backlash Against Globalization: Implications of Globalization and Its Impact on Gender-based Violence and Gang Rape Within the Context of India

Fri, May 25, 11:00 to 12:15, Hilton Prague, Floor: LL, Madrid

Abstract

While individual rape is commonly addressed by academics, gang rape is under-researched. The 2012 incident during which 23-year-old medical student Jyoti Singh was gang raped on a Delhi bus sparked domestic outrage and international media coverage, giving voice to Jyoti and her family where they may otherwise have had none. Through the lens of feminist theory and an inductive approach, this analysis of gender inequality considers the possibility of a backlash against globalization, where educated, upwardly-mobile women are targeted by lower-economic status men. This case sheds light on implications for India’s emerging economy, the feminization of India’s labor market, and the role of media pertaining to the roles of women and men in society. This is not to say globalization is to blame. It is to argue, while the patriarchal construct of society is at risk of breaking down, globalization and the upward mobilization of women are playing a role.

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