If spiritual leader Asaram Bapu suggests she should have begged her rapists for mercy, Madhya Pradesh Minister Kailash Vijayvargiya warns her ilk not to cross the 'Laxman Rekha'. RSS supremo Mohan Bhagwat says such rapes happen only in India (read urban) and not in Bharat (rural), while the President's son, Abhijeet Mukherjee, smirks at the "highly dented-painted" women protesters at India Gate. Is this male chauvinism at its worst or are any of these men making sense? We will be glad to take your views provided they are not insulting or slanderous, or can otherwise have legal implications.
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