Aspects of the Mukhtar Mai Case

The Mukhtar Mai case (http://voiceandview.blogspot.com/2006/11/scary-story-this-halloween-as-on-any.html) apart from its main protagonist is interesting because it also includes two other dimensions on rape which are discussed much less. One is the case of male on male rape and the other of false rape allegations. Nothing was done about either of these in the Mukhtar Mai case.

Both of these aspects have come into focus recently because of two high profile cases. The Duke case seems to be falling into the false allegation category (http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/12/28/duke.lacrosse/). Some middle ground needs to be found between requiring four eye witnesses and accusations without supporting evidence.

The second case is that of a serial male rapist (http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/12/26/male.rape.ap/index.html). Male on male rape is highly under-reported and probably negligibly reported in many countries. It would be interesting to see any statistics on such cases being brought forth in different countries including Pakistan.