Women in patriarchal relationships have been brutalised for so long, there's a special term for it: Intimate Partner Violence (IVF).
1 in 3 women in India is likely to have been subjected to intimate partner violence
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1 in 3 women in India is likely to have been subjected to intimate partner violence
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Intimate partner violence involves abuse of a physical, emotional, or sexual nature.
And yet "only one in 10 of these women formally reports the offence to the police or healthcare professionals".
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And yet "only one in 10 of these women formally reports the offence to the police or healthcare professionals".
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Out of the 17 globally acknowledged Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), number five focuses on gender equality and the elimination of all forms of violence against women and girls by 2030.
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The National Family Health Survey (NFHS) has actual data about this. Physical violence was the most common form of abuse, with nearly 27.5% of women reporting this (94.5% of surveyed women were married).
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Sexual abuse and emotional abuse were reported by nearly 13% and nearly 7%, respectively.
Around 3.5% of respondents said they had been subjected to all three types of abuse, and nearly 7% had been injured as a result of their spouse’s abusive behaviour.
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Around 3.5% of respondents said they had been subjected to all three types of abuse, and nearly 7% had been injured as a result of their spouse’s abusive behaviour.
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Women more likely to be subjected to IPV include older women; those who were widowed, separated, or divorced;
Also women who had a job, possibly reflecting a backlash against women’s changing societal roles.
Also women who had a job, possibly reflecting a backlash against women’s changing societal roles.
"Only around one five (22.4%) had told someone about the abuse, but only 13.5% had sought help, with women who had endured sexual violence the most likely to do so (23%)."
It is within this environment of violence and vulnerability that issues such as #MaritalRape need to be discussed. Attempts like these by Rahul Easwar to deflect responsibility are highly condemnable.
We as men should want loving, equal relationships free from abuse.
We as men should want loving, equal relationships free from abuse.
Acknowledging that possibilities of violence exists in the most intimate spaces between gender is the first step.
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All quotes above are taken from this article. Please read it & try to have difficult conversations with your friends & family members.
bmj.com/company/newsro…
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All quotes above are taken from this article. Please read it & try to have difficult conversations with your friends & family members.
bmj.com/company/newsro…
The onus on ending marital violence cannot be on the legal system and women alone.
We men have to acknowledge our deep seated impulses towards abuse and violence and how easily they are materialised by practices within the patrarchical universe we live in.
We men have to acknowledge our deep seated impulses towards abuse and violence and how easily they are materialised by practices within the patrarchical universe we live in.
*IPV not IVF - damn typo
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