"Nudity Shouldn't Be Tied To Sex": High Court Cancels Case Against Woman

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The right of autonomy over one's body is often denied to the fairer sex and they are bullied, discriminated against, isolated and persecuted for making choices about their bodies and lives, the Kerala High Court said on Monday while discharging a women's rights activist in a POCSO case.

Rehana Fathima, a woman's right activist, was facing charges under various provisions of the POCSO, Juvenile Justice and the Information Technology (IT) Acts for circulating a video in which she was seen posing semi-nude for her minor children, allowing them to paint on her body.

Discharging her from the case, Justice Kauser Edappagath said that from the allegations against the 33-year-old activist, it was not possible to anyone to infer that her children were used for any real or simulated sexual acts and that too for sexual gratification.



The court said that she only allowed her body to be used as a canvas for her children to paint on.
Agreeing with her contentions, Justice Edappagath said that painting on the upper body of a mother by her own children as an art project "cannot be characterised as a real or simulated sexual act nor can it be said that the same was done for the purpose of sexual gratification or with sexual intent".

The judge said it was "harsh" to term such an "innocent artistic expression" as a usage of a child in a real or simulated sexual act.

"There is nothing to show that the children were used for pornography. There is no hint of sexuality in the video. Painting on the naked upper body of a person, whether a man or a woman, cannot be stated to be a sexually explicit act," the court said.

"Nudity Shouldn't Be Tied To Sex": High Court Cancels Case Against Woman

The right of autonomy over one's body is often denied to the fairer sex and they are bullied, discriminated against, isolated and persecuted for making choices about their bodies and lives, the Kerala High Court said on Monday.

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[sravna]

Women are no longer the gentler sex. They indeed are equal or more than equal to men. What a pathetic abyss!

 

[prasad1]

Women are no longer the gentler sex. They indeed are equal or more than equal to men. What a pathetic abyss!

 

[renuka]

The right of autonomy over one's body is often denied to the fairer sex and they are bullied, discriminated against, isolated and persecuted for making choices about their bodies and lives, the Kerala High Court said on Monday while discharging a women's rights activist in a POCSO case.

Rehana Fathima, a woman's right activist, was facing charges under various provisions of the POCSO, Juvenile Justice and the Information Technology (IT) Acts for circulating a video in which she was seen posing semi-nude for her minor children, allowing them to paint on her body.

Discharging her from the case, Justice Kauser Edappagath said that from the allegations against the 33-year-old activist, it was not possible to anyone to infer that her children were used for any real or simulated sexual acts and that too for sexual gratification.



The court said that she only allowed her body to be used as a canvas for her children to paint on.
Agreeing with her contentions, Justice Edappagath said that painting on the upper body of a mother by her own children as an art project "cannot be characterised as a real or simulated sexual act nor can it be said that the same was done for the purpose of sexual gratification or with sexual intent".

The judge said it was "harsh" to term such an "innocent artistic expression" as a usage of a child in a real or simulated sexual act.

"There is nothing to show that the children were used for pornography. There is no hint of sexuality in the video. Painting on the naked upper body of a person, whether a man or a woman, cannot be stated to be a sexually explicit act," the court said.

"Nudity Shouldn't Be Tied To Sex": High Court Cancels Case Against Woman

The right of autonomy over one's body is often denied to the fairer sex and they are bullied, discriminated against, isolated and persecuted for making choices about their bodies and lives, the Kerala High Court said on Monday.

www.ndtv.com

???
She should be jailed!
Honestly this is unhealthy.
Whether its a man or woman or transgender..one should not be posing half clad and let children paint on them and worse still circulate those videos.
The judge should give her a jail sentence and make her paint all the walls in the prison.

 

[renuka]

Women are no longer the gentler sex. They indeed are equal or more than equal to men. What a pathetic abyss!

I dont think women were ever gentle..its just that we know when to play the gentle card! Lol

 

[sravna]

I dont think women were ever gentle..its just that we know when to play the gentle card! Lol

Then I doubt women were ever innocent too. Stupid men were taken for a ride. They only know how to play it rough

 

[renuka]

I am actually surprised that the judge didnt sentence her to a jail term.
What she did is called sexual grooming of a minor..making them familiar with nude body parts before introducing various grades of sexual abuse.

Also some people get sexual gratification by circulating these types of grooming acts in the video.

I feel she got away because she is a female and a female can always play the Amma sentiment and portray breasts as sacred.
Just imagine if it was a father who asked his children to paint the bulging pectorals of his chest and his 6 packs while he was only clad in an underwear?

Would he have gone free?
Nope! He would have been charged with sexual grooming a minor.

I am 100% sure if thiscase had happened in my country, she would have been jailed under the act of distributing obscene material and she would be also sent for psychiatric evaluation and might be charged with child grooming which carries a sentence of 5 years and liable for whipping( females are not whipped).

 

[sravna]

I am actually surprised that the judge didnt sentence her to a jail term.
What she did is called sexual grooming of a minor..making them familiar with nude body parts before introducing various grades of sexual abuse.

Also some people get sexual gratification by circulating these types of grooming acts in the video.

I feel she got away because she is a female and a female can always play the Amma sentiment and portray breasts as sacred.
Just imagine if it was a father who asked his children to paint the bulging pectorals of his chest and his 6 packs while he was only clad in an underwear?

Would he have gone free?
Nope! He would have been charged with sexual grooming a minor.

I am 100% sure if thiscase had happened in my country, she would have been jailed under the act of distributing obscene material and she would be also sent for psychiatric evaluation and might be charged with child grooming which carries a sentence of 5 years and liable for whipping( females are not whipped).

Yes. It should be understood that equality means equality before law too. Having said that i prefer women to be complementary and strong.

 

[renuka]

Yes. It should be understood that equality means equality before law too. Having said that i prefer women to be complementary and strong.

Being strong is a trend these days.
It only leads to aggression.
A human being is entitled to feel both weak and strong on different occasions.
Also people differ, what is one person's strength is another person's weakness..this is where unity in diverse ability helps.

 

[sravna]

Renuka,

Strong not in the physical sense but in the mental and especially spiritual sense.

 

[renuka]

Renuka,

Strong not in the physical sense but in the mental and especially spiritual sense.

The Gita doesnt tell anyone to be strong or weak but it advises us to handle polar opposites alike.
Equinamity isnt strength nor weakness.

 

[kamu]

Then I doubt women were ever innocent too. Stupid men were taken for a ride. They only know how to play it rough

Well !!! Men do take a longer time to get mental maturity, and that's a biological fact !

 

[sravna]

Well !!! Men do take a longer time to get mental maturity, and that's a biological fact !

But do they ever catch up?

 

[prasad1]

But do they ever catch up?

NO NO NO. I am sure you are not married. If you are married you will never such silly questions.

 

[sravna]

NO NO NO. I am sure you are not married. If you are married you will never such silly questions.

My wife says I am the wisest man on earth. Now things are falling into place.