Fatema Nabila
Professor Kylee.Pastore
English 110
27 September 2021
Domestic Violence Against Women in India
In the “The Growing Concern around Violence against Women in India – Where Do We Stand?” article the author indicates domestic violence against women in India is a common thing, as it continues to happen for a very long time. This reading shows domestic violence increased during the COVID-19 lockdown in India. The most common reasons for domestic violence in India are dowry, alcoholic husband, and arrogant intimate partner. Additionally, women who are poor are more likely to face violence rather than wealthier women. Research shows that women are getting beaten by their husbands mostly if they can’t do or do any mistake with house chores. During COVID-19 gender inequalities worsened, as more complaints of domestic violence cases were filed.
The author Kumar Das is the Manager of IGC Program Policy for IGC Bihar. He is credible because his study mainly concentrated on health administration to provide better services to civilians in India, including an arrangement investigation of India’s Menstrual Hygiene Scheme to look at the job of strategy organizations, strategy entertainers, and legislative issues of outlining. Bijeta Mohanty works at the IGC India Program as a Program Economist. The author is credible because the author’s study was about exposition intended to see how grassroots developments can be utilized for more extensive dispersion. The author’s tone is anxious, and sorrowful because one of the authors is a woman. She is feeling sympathy for those women who are facing domestic violence.
The purpose of this article is to inform people around the world how many women are facing domestic violence in India. Additionally, to ask India’s government to assist those women to live a better life. As the authors mentioned, “ Social programs to sensitize men and boys on gender-related issues, and community-level platforms like SHGs should be strengthened to provide awareness on safety mechanisms for women, sexual and reproductive health, and family planning choices.” which expose there’s a purpose to write this article to spread awareness to violence against women and to the economy of India. The genre of this source is a blog post article. The features of this genre are a headline as the author mentioned “The growing concern around violence against women in India – Where do we stand?” that grabbed the audience’s attention about the place and the problem. Also a clear focus on the problem of domestic violence on women during the COVID-19. Another feature is the visual content. They represent several charts and graphs to present the data about the complaints filed against domestic violence in India and the crime against women. The genre is an online article, so they used an internet medium to communicate. They deliver their writing to the audience through blog posts on the internet.
This article was published on November 25, 2020, and the UN recognize November 25 as the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. Also, November was the month of the presidential election. Another thing that happened was that Joe Biden turned out to be the first presidential candidate to win in excess of 80 million votes. Also, a proposal was discussed whether Healthcare workers and essential workers like teachers, police, etc should get vaccines first then the other group of people who are highly at risk of CVD-19 like elder people. The cultural expectations for where this piece was published would be that even though there is an increase in domestic violence against women in India during COVID-19, there are many states that are launching services to help those women who are in need. Authors provided a lot of evidence that was researched by them like Graph 4 that shows average complaints of domestic violence increased during the pandemic. Their attitude towards the article shows they want people and the government to establish services that provide protection for women and also benefit the nation’s economy.
In the “One in Three Women in India Subject to Domestic Abuse, Study Finds.” In this article, the author argues that according to new research, one out of every three Indian women reportedly experienced some type of domestic violence over her entire lifespan. They give a few statistics regarding the number of women who go through mental, physical, and sexual abuse which are all caused by their significant others or partners. Another study informs
that“one in ten women had reported the violence to the police or a healthcare professional, suggesting the fear of reprisals remained strong. This article was written by Joe Wallen, a credible author because his work was published on a reliable website. It also demonstrates the severity of the situation in a time when the Lockdown is implemented all over the world, making it impossible for the majority of women in India, to escape the problem as they’re always at home suffering from their husbands or in-laws brutal behavior. In my opinion, this is also another aspect the article argues about, the Lockdown is a huge downfall for women in India. The chance of an act of violence occurring is much greater than it is normally because of the lack of productivity, for example, husbands going to work, and boredom.
I believe that the main purpose of this article was to raise awareness about the injustices that are going on in a country like India and how women are exploited by men in society by either physical, mental, or sexual abuse, especially in Lockdown. This article also portrays how weak and hopeless women in India actually are and they don’t have a voice because they are too fearful to report a complaint against their partners as they think they will be in bigger trouble. I believe they do this because it is also a question of the family’s honor and dignity, these two factors which Indians value a lot. Additionally, there is some emphasis put on men’s behavior, attitudes, and upbringing in society. Males are considered as “kings” as they hold higher power and authority over women, even if they are jobless or they are subjected to substance abuse such as drug or alcohol consumption.
In conclusion, the author, Joe Wallen, wanted to show the seriousness of this occurring issue to the whole nation and what negative outcomes can be brought up for women because of Lockdown and how it can get worse.
In “Violence against Women in India: Is Empowerment a Protective Factor?” the article represents how in the last twenty years, a result of improvement has been made to quantify the quantity of violence, its sources and consequences, the ways in which it manifests itself, and its health, societal, political, and monetary ramifications by providing with much statistical data and thorough research. The author looks in-depth at the three major factors suffocating women of India. Firstly, how the husbands have the upper hand which means they get to impose any type of violence on their wives, the upbringing of both men and women (how parental violence is impacted on both genders), and how hopeless women are desperately seeking out for help against their husband’s brutality. The author of this article is Leela Visaria who is very credible because she published her work on a reliable source which is JSTOR. It is obvious that the audience is focused on citizens of India, triggering men and sympathizing with women who are constantly being victims of violence. I believe that the author is trying to imply how women’s empowerment can potentially subdue the violence which they face on a daily basis.
Inequality between men and women exists in the Indian economy and is widespread in all aspects of life, including health, schooling, finance, and political issues. In these industries, men seem to have the stronger position, demonstrating how deeply misogyny is ingrained in the South-Asian country. Despite the fact that gender discrimination has soared to groundbreaking in the post-independence century, various efforts have been undertaken in multiple areas to close the gender inequalities and bring them up to fairness.
Sadly, women have grown up thinking that being beaten up by their husbands, behaving according to them, or being treated very poorly is something habitual and they learn how to become tolerant of such behaviors. They were not brought up with the mentality of how ethically and humanely wrong these characteristics really are. On the other hand, when little boys saw their dad hitting their mom, it is also one of the major factors which must have influenced them to become so violent against women throughout their life. Personally, I believe that the only way this whole issue can be reduced is if parents teach their sons how to respect, cherish and love women. As for daughters, they should be taught how to stand up against violence, seek authority and help and fight back when they have to.
In the “Violence Against Women in India Must End. Now.” article the author indicates women in India face violence every day in their life for example at home they get beaten by their in-laws and husbands or outside when rapists attack to rape them. If they file a complaint against the rapist the police blame them because the rapist might have political links or be from a wealthy family. Even after all the struggles, women reach court for justice they are abandoned. The author of this piece is Sudha Ramachandran who is a journalist in India. She researches political security problems and has firmly followed improvements in the locale’s contention zones. She wrote many articles on The Diplomat website, therefore the author is credible.
The author’s audience is the people who are reading the article and the government because the author mentions “Surendra Singh, a legislator of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party says mothers should teach their daughter cultural values which will prevent them from dressing, etc.” The author’s attitude is aggressive and sympathetic because most of the rape cases that were filed in the police station had no actions towards the rapist and the way the author stated seems like she is aggressive towards those rapists. The author is a woman who lives in India and knows how women suffer in India because of domestic violence.
The purpose of this article is to depict the data of rape cases in India, as it continues to grow each year or even each day. The author’s data analysis shows governments need to take action to decrease rape incidents. The genre for this text is an article with data. These articles have a percentage of rape cases, many links to other articles, and a headline. The author published the article on The Diplomat website and it’s an online reading platform. This article was published on October 05, 2020, and it was labor day in Australia. Additionally, this was a month of election campaigns happening around the U.S states.
Even though Indian women are facing domestic violence and gender inequality they are still fighting to keep on the ground and get justice as women protest against the court to punish the rapist. The author’s stance is against the government and she supports the women as she shows the data of domestic violence against women in India.
Works Cited
– Visaria, Leela. “Violence against Women in India: Is Empowerment a Protective Factor?”
Economic and Political Weekly, vol. 43, no. 48, Economic and Political Weekly, 2008, pp.
60–66, http://www.jstor.org/stable/40278238.
– Agarwalla, Sachin. “The Growing Concern around Violence against Women in India – Where
Do We Stand?” IGC, 25 Nov. 2020, www.theigc.org/blog/the-growing-concern-around-violence-against-women-in-india-wher e-do-we-stand/.
– Wallen, Joe. “One in Three Women in India Subject to Domestic Abuse, Study Finds.” The Telegraph, Telegraph Media Group, 2 June 2020, www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-disease/one-three-women-india-subject-domestic-abuse-study-finds/.
– Ramachandran, Sudha. “Violence Against Women in India Must End. Now.” – The Diplomat, For The Diplomat, 5 Oct. 2020, thediplomat.com/2020/10/violence-against-women-in-india-must-end-now/.
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