Domestic Violence Against Men
Violence affect both Genders equally, whether it is man or woman both gender suffers equally if one of them our victim of domestic violence. In India there are many laws which protects the rights of woman’s and in the case of domestic , the domestic violence act 2005 protects women from such violence. But it is not necessary that every time a man is only responsible for it and woman’s are always innocent . Our constitution guarantees every citizen Under article 14 and 15 that there will be no discrimination on the basis of sex, cast religion, race or place of birth and guarantees citizens the fundamental rights to equal treatment. If we talk about the violence it’s not limited, it’s not only physical abuse it includes emotional abuse, verbal abuse, financial abuse which are equally harmful.
These types are described below :-
- Psychological / Emotional Abuse:-
This kind of abuse Involves when a person deliberately use harsh words with the purpose to hurt, torture, weaken, a person mentally and emotionally. It does not include physical actions.
- Economic / Financial Abuse :-
This kind of abuse involves when a person control finances, steal money or exploit a person for not earning enough or sabotaging their partners access to money and other resources such as food, clothing, transportation and shelter etc.
- Physical Abuse :-
It includes slapping, stabbing, using weapons, pushing, dragging, being violent, causing physically harm which can result severe injury.
- Verbal Abuse :-
It includes verbal humiliation it can be in private or publicly, insult, threats, using abusive language, mocking, blaming , making fun in front of public or friends, shouting etc.
Mostly people feel that domestic violence can only happen to a woman and people don’t want to talk about it, they deny the reality of the world that man’s can also be the victim of this kind of violence. And sometimes men’s don’t reveal the facts which he faces every day at his home. But in recent times due to this modernization many things are changing now. Men have now opened up about the domestic violence that they have started sharing their pain, agony and their struggles openly.
In this era we should change our mindsets regarding that the woman’s are only victims, men’s can also be the victims Nowadays and to overcome this situation gender neutral laws are an urgent necessity which can make Some changes in society And which will become a remedy to these victims. Because there are only laws for woman’s because of this the woman’s use these laws as a weapons against men’s, misuse these laws by filing the false cases in courts and misleads the courtrooms and society. Domestic violence should be treated as violence against human not on the basis of gender.
For all genders there should be equal remedy for it. However it is important to provide support and awareness to all victims of domestic violence, regardless of gender.
Written by : – Shah Baizah Yaseen, a Student of Vitasta School Of Law And Humanities
