Bride kidnapping rape

Emiliya AbramovaMay, 07 2014 PHI 310 (1.)The kidnapped bride is completely unaware that she will be kidnapped and therefore is unable to provide consent (4:48). (2.)The kidnapped bride continues to scream while she is captured and physically resists her kidnappers (12:40). (3.)In cases of rape, resistance is evidence against the man" it is evidence that the woman did not provide consent (164.4.3). (4.)The kidnapped bride is physically maintained by the kidnappers as she continues to resist both in the car and in their house (13:18). (5.)The kidnapped bride explicitly demands she be released from the hands of the women who were trying to convince her to calm down (13:53). (6.) The kidnapped bride begins to reluctantly submit to the groom"s family after several hours of resistence (16:00). (7.)The kidnapped bride then goes on to admit, that the reason she did not continue to fight once in the presence of the grooms family is because she felt that she did not have the opportunity or free choice to leave (27:05). (8.)In cases of rape laws- and the judicial system, as a whole- must acknowledge that victims may not always resist or continue to resist for an array of reasons- but this lack of resistance does not undermine or diminish the occurrence of rape (165.2.3-4). (9.)The expert in the video stated that due to kidnappings there is a high rate of suicide, proving that there is a direct correlation between an illegal act of kidnapping and their mental health implications (6:31) (10.)Women or a kidnapped bride lack the ability to exercise free choice when accepting an unwanted marriage proposal because even women in the community are aware of the mental health ramifications of faced by those who choose not to accept the marriage proposal. (6:31). (11.)In the video, the director of a women"s shelter stated that the kidnappers eventually feel compelled to stop their resistance and agree to the marriage because the society in which they live in is male values dominant (29:05). (12.)Social institutions give rise to the pre-existing notions that when a female arouses a male she also, inherently consents to further sexual advances or assaults (179.7.2-3). (13.)Ultimately, rape is defined by the victims non-consent (180.8.1) (14.)In the video, the bride explicitly states that her dream was to become a lawyer and that she did not want to get married for another year and upon completion of her education (27:10). -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (15.)Therefore, the actions taken by the husband in the bride kidnapping video evidence that a rape or nontraditional rape occurred. In conclusion, social institutions inherently contain pre-existing notions that uphold a patriarchal framework. This patriarchal framework strips women living in the society of their ability to make a free choice. Therefore, when traditions rooted in patriarchy are accepted and followed, women lack the ability to resist these traditions. In the case of bride kidnapping, this is especially evident. The kidnapped bride explicitly consents to the marriage, but only in distress and after having spent hours constrained by the male friends of her future groom and, additionally, his female family members. In this case, consent is not meaningful, because the kidnapped bride"s ability to consent does not initially exist. Even if the kidnapping serves as an example of tradition accepted by an entire society, the universal ability or capacity to make decisions is clearly violated and therefore, regardless of its social construct origins, the kidnapped bride was, indeed, raped.