As per the UNICEF report titled ‘Progress for Children’, Fifty-four per cent Indian girls and women aged between 15 and 49 said that a husband or partner is justified in hitting or beating his wife under certain circumstances.
The circumstances enlisted in the UNICEF report are: Wife neglects the children, wife goes out without telling her husband, wife argues with her husband, wife refuses sex with husband, and wife burns the food.
“In the context of gender inequality, women’s response to abuse reflects their relatively fewer options to change or leave the relationship and their assessment of how best to protect themselves and their children,” the UNICEF report also stated.
These findings are unfathomable for some of us. It is very difficult to comprehend a mindset like this. We may believe that violence against women as outrageous. We may even call it primitive or oppressive and feel superior for our modern outlook.
But it is worth taking a stock, as to in how many layers, does the Indian society exist? There is no comparison of attitude, aspirations, visions and needs of Indian women across various strata. In India some marriages break as the women seek more space and some marriages/relationships persist despite physical abuse.
And population sporting the later attitude is in majority.
And people talk about India being the next superpower!!! Duh !!!
1 comment:
thats an Indian women , traditional one speaking. For i have seen more of contemperory types. The marriages broken like a tooth-pick betwwen tooth , and yes one end of pick often pierces the mouth. Its a pain . Indian Women come in all sizes and packets , and so does the males now.
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