Government
and its biased laws
India
regularly gets hauled over the coals for its shabby treatment of women but
never gave a thought about women harassing a man?
In countries like India the role of gender is very rigid. This very thing give’s rise to stereotypes. Men who are facing or have faced domestic violence or any kind of violence are not taken on a serious note. Often when they speak about their situation no one listens to them, not even the police.
Even if
their cases are registered ,they don’t get much importance because of the Government and its Biased laws. According to Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code 1860, only a man can be held liable for cruelty to his wife.
There is no subsection or any provisions given in the statute that will make a
woman liable for domestic violence.
Because
of the Biased laws in the Indian Penal Statute the end result is always given
in the favour of women. Women don’t need
to give any kind of evidence to prove their authenticity. They are always
presumed to be true in most of the cases.
There
are many reason because of which cases
go unreported. Most common being that men often feel that revealing the violence
can cause unnecessary nuisance and embarrassment for them and they do not want
to face the legal consequences because of the gender-biased or gender-specific
laws in our Constitution.
Earlier men were seen as bread earners of their family but nowadays
both men and women are working, raising
and managing their homes with equal contribution of their incomes.
In this scenario it
seems wise that government takes step to make new laws safeguarding men’s rights
against Domestic violence.
Great efforts 👍
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