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Question
Explain the following concept with examples.
Domestic Violence
Solution
Domestic Violence refers to abuse within the family. Violence implies psychological, emotional, verbal, and physical torture. Domestic violence cuts across all classes, age categories, sexes, and genders.
- Indian society is largely patriarchal because of this huge imbalance of power between men and others in our society. Although women's status is gradually improving, male members still have a higher status than women.
- There are various factors responsible for strain in a spousal relationship between different members of the family. These could include personal insecurities, suspicion, age, differences, and incompatibility.
- In India conventional and traditional mindsets, in institutions like marriage, family, and religion, stipulate the supremacy of men over women in almost every sphere of life.
- Insecurity of one partner, especially of men can lead to feelings of suspicion, threats to one's ego, one's authority notions of infidelity, etc. Because of this violence and abuse takes place within the domestic sphere.
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