Is rape worse than other violent crime?

Is rape a worse crime than other forms of violent assault? Should verbal sexual harassment be banned? These are two questions put by Harvard's Michael Sandel - BBC Radio 4's 'Public Philosopher' - who takes the programme to an audience at the Jaipur Literature Festival. The discussion follows the brutal rape and murder of a young woman in Delhi at the end of last year, a crime that provoked a national outcry in India.

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Is rape worse than other violent crime? is an episode from The Public Philosopher by BBC.

This episode is 38:30 long.

This episode was published on Mar 26, 2013.

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