The rape of a girl while on her way to school is a grim reminder of how worried parents are ever since a girl child is born. When she starts attending school or college there are concerns about her security, there are concerns of any untoward accident, when she gets married, parents are worried about her dowry and post marriage about domestic violence that she could be subjected to. It is because of these social crimes that parents have to literally spend their entire life worrying about their daughters. Simply having strict laws is not the only solution, rather the need of the hour is a change in societal attitudes. Good values need to be inculcated in children and what is important is for parents to teach their sons that we live in the land where girls have been given the status of divinity.