"For an average Indian man, masculinity is about acting tough, freely exercising his privilege to lay down the rules in personal relationships, and, above all, controlling women"... It was part of a discussion about a middle aged lady I knew, a high school teacher by profession, who fell victim to marital rape, and after I made this statement, a highly literate(not educated) … [Read more...]
“Your Body Is Mine, The Wedding Ring Proves It.” Is This How A Husband Owns His Wife?
The Modi government's recent decision not to criminalize marital rape has once again brought to surface the perennial underlying, hidden problem of the decadent patriarchal mindset in India. Marital rape is in itself a very complex and a sensitive issue which has to be dealt with extreme sensitivity and caution and it’s certainly not supposed to be brushed under the … [Read more...]