Regarding India, nothing has changed except the amount of national and international publicity given to violent sex crimes. There has always been an undercurrent of sexism, violence and corruption there and it has not got suddenly worse just because the western media has started to highlight it. There was something of an over-romantic view of India before, but if you would visit there before the shocking sex crimes hit the headlines, there's no need to change now.
If anything has changed, it's for the better, now that there has been such national shame over these horrible crimes. However nothing changes quickly in India.