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Why are we tying strings?!!!

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Raksha Bandhan Raksha = Protection Bandhan = Bond/To Tie Hmmmmm. Okay. So today, all of India is going to celebrate this union between brothers and sisters. Girls are going to tie these little strings around their brother's wrist and in return they will get money and "protection" from these guys. The string signifies this union between the female and her brother and even those guys who aren't blood related to the female can now call themselves her "brother". Awwwwwwwww, so sweeeetttttttttt. I'm not buying it. In fact, I call B.S.  Every time I watch or see any sort of news coming out of India, it's all about corruption and rape. Rape towards women, rape toward teenagers, rape towards children,  rape towards women on buses, taxis, rickshaws, rape towards females walking down the street, gang rapes, police officer rapes, village rapes, absolutely disgusting every single fucking day rapes. With all due respect India, your sacred strings aren&