单选题
It's easy to blame a backward-moving culture that's hostile
to women, but rapid transformation is also part of the story. Enjoying the
freedoms of the new India, many of its citizens have left traditional village
life, but they have not found a new set of ethics in urban areas. When the
accused go unpunished or justice takes forever to be delivered, it makes rape a
way of life for Indian men. I am one of those Westerners amused
by India's rapid growth and expanding social mobility. I lived in New Delhi
while reposing on the country from 2002 to 2007, when there were hundreds of
documented incidents of sexual violence in the capital. Delhi accounted for
one-quarter of all rapes recorded in India in 2011. When I lived there, Indian
women regularly urged me to move elsewhere—anywhere!—calling Delhi "India's rape
capital" and telling me terrifying stories of how unsafe the city was.
Of course, most Delhi residents don't have the option to leave, nor do
they want to. The city's population has swelled with migrants from India's poor
rural areas. For them, Delhi represents opportunity. About 350 million Indians
now live in cities, and an additional 250 million are expected to move to urban
areas in the next two decades. Call centers and the hospitality sector in the
capital have created jobs for even the slightly educated, making the
middle-class dream seem more attainable than ever. However, India's rural
migrants do not find the education and work opportunities they expect in cities.
Poverty, low social status and gender still prevent many from
advancing. The parents of the 23-year-old rape victim, who died
a week ago, had moved the family to a middle-class New Delhi neighborhood from a
poor village. This family, having sold land to help send her to college, had
placed hopes in her, who had urged her two younger brothers to follow her to
college. Having recently qualified as a trainee physiotherapist in a private
Delhi hospital, she landed herself in a solidly middle-class
profession. It makes sense that this attack happened in Delhi,
which appears to welcome modern women who go to college and work outside the
home. They are vulnerable to sexual harassment or violence. But the city is not
nearly as open as advertised. Because it is filled with rural migrants who speak
dozens of languages and represent every class and religion, the city seems
conflicted about what is acceptable.
单选题
Sexual violence is flourishing in New Delhi for the following reasons
EXCEPT ______.