Dawn News.Although the cabinet has suggested the approval of severe punishment for rapists, it has been met with backlash since it was initially announced.
Writing in The New Arab, Zahra Khozema said: "As intuitive as it may feel to want rapists to endure a version of the trauma they inflict on their victims, this type of retribution is ultimately ethically wrong, and it fails to tackle the root cause of gender-based violence: the idea that rape is still considered a viable means to express power and domination.
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