Unfortunately some reportage in Telugu newspapers is blaming the girl and her parents for not checking what the girl is doing and what she has been upto.

On a 14 year old!

Reporters need to be sensitised on what they say. There’s a lot the kid must be going through.
Continuing this thread
This particular newspaper has basically blamed the single parent of this 14 year old for the child’s plight plus additional lines on ‘she gave too much independence to the girl’, ‘because the father lives away, no one is there... to raise the kid well.’!!!
Goes on to give more reasons. ‘Mother spoilt the girl’ is a reason as to why the predator became close to the minor and raped her it seems.

Unfortunately reportage like this hurts women and girls in a country which has a dowry rate card based on the groom’s foreign visa status.
You can follow @Chinmayi.
Tip: mention @twtextapp on a Twitter thread with the keyword “unroll” to get a link to it.

Latest Threads Unrolled: