“…the wife: however brutal or tyrant she may unfortunately be chained to-though she may know that he hates her, though it may be his daily pleasure to torture her, and though she may feel it impossible not to loathe him- (he) can claim from her and enforce the lowest degradation of a human being, that of being made an instrument of an animal function contrary to her inclinations.” – John Stuart Mill
The above sentence does more than just give words to the situation one woman out of three has to face, not only in our country but all over the world. Domestic violence against woman is not a thing of the present times. It has been going on for donkey’s years and unless it is fought against and uprooted completely, will continue hence. Then be it husbands, fathers, brothers or uncles, the person may differ but the pattern will remain the same.
A frustrated man coming back home for work can evidently find no other way to vent out his anger than beating up the woman in his house and picking up the smallest of reasons to justify that. A glass of water slipping out of her hand, or the food lacking a pinch of salt becomes something that goes way beyond the matters that can be sorted out by the word of mouth. And sometimes it happens without a reason too. The worst part is that both the parties in this case get so used to it that nothing is done to change the scenario.
The violence is not just confined to physical but psychological violence -which includes verbal abuse harassment, confinement and deprivation of physical, financial and personal resources- is also a part of it. The emotional attacks sometime impact the women in a way that is even worse than physical abuse, undermining her self-confidence and breaking her up internally.
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