Metrolife: Brutality porn has sadly many takers in India
The name of the eight-year old Kathua rape victim is trending not just on social media but also on a porn site.
On Monday it had topped the list of the most-searched names on a porn site, triggering surprise and outrage. An official at the Centre for Internet & Society, Bengaluru attributes the curiosity to a "depraved, messed-up" mind.
Swaraj Barooah, senior programme manager at the centre, says, "It takes numbers to make something trend online." He attributes the unhealthy curiosity in rape footage to a lack of proper sex education in schools.
Violent acts are ingrained in the power politics and hierarchy of our society, he observes.
"There are two categories that are searched online...revenge and brutality porn. While revenge porn is usually uploaded by couples who break up, brutality porn is done without recognising the humanity of the person involved," Barooah says.
Psychiatrists think people who search for rape videos have a "sick and deviant mind".
The article by Nina C. George was published in Deccan Herald on April 18, 2018.
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