Is Mise
The answer is a number of things including adherence to the Rule of Law with approrpriate punishment, education and reduction of poverty. These will help reduce class structures as well which are a hangover from the old caste system. All these things contribute in India's case to the status quo.

As with all crime, there will never be eradication of rape. Even western democracies have not been successful with that as human nature will throw up a few bad eggs. All that can be achieved is to ensure justice is done.

Guns have not eradicated rape in the USA and in fact the availability of guns increases the level of violence.

Pelican,

All well and good and how long would your measures take to reduce the level of rape in India?

Two years? Ten? Twenty?

How would you suggest that Indian women avoid rape in the meantime as you rule out the only practical means of the weaker overcoming the stronger?

There is anecdotal evidence that rape has dropped in the USA following the introduction of concealed carry laws.
See:http://www.catb.org/esr/guns/point-blank-summary.html for some well reasoned argument.

Good to hear from you Pelican : )

Although it seems like we are always continually flogging the 'arm them all' call from gun lobby enthusiasts in many different threads, I will still always stand up and argue with this thread's resident would be cowboys.

Yee hah! Shoot-em-up good now y'all :)

Hi Suse
There are some things that are worth re-evaluating from time to time, however for me this is not one of them. Although I do understand the thought process, but in the end I reckon universal gun ownership creates more problems and increases violence one way or another.

Hi there Folks...

Wow, this is a tough one ? While I've always held a strong view that women MUST be protected from any of these predatory cowardly men, I do wonder whether it's a good practice to unilaterally permit women to carry a pistol, albeit a small .32 calibre SLP ?

All would need to be thoroughly trained, and regularly re-trained in order that they don't have serious accidents or other misadventure through lack of training or concentration.

However, I suggest a strong case might be made for allowing women to carry a pistol, anywhere in the Sub-Continent, such is the apparent prevalence of violent incidences against women and girls ?

I'm not sure whether such a practice would or should be condoned here in Oz, and I do realise we've been down that track previously, ad nauseam ?

India and the sub continent have rape and violence towards women as a national pastime just the same as rape and subjugation are the male sport in Muslim countries.
Guns or no guns you are not going to stop it.