Domestic violence against Man

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AGAINST MAN 

INTRODUCTION:

Domestic violence is defined as aggressive behavior within the house, most often including the violent assault of a spouse or partner. Domestic violence has long been a heinous feature of society. Domestic violence frequently comprises a variety of forms of abuse, including physical, sexual, emotional, and verbal assault. When it comes to domestic abuse, the thought process begins with women who are victims of domestic violence. Despite this, no one believes there is domestic violence against men. Domestic violence does not affect only one gender. Several governments and jurisdictions around the world punish domestic violence against men. In contrast to this viewpoint, some other countries have refused to recognize or admit the existence of domestic abuse against males. Society believes that men are stronger than women. Women cannot be the family's head; only men can be the family's head. Women are expected to be confined in ghungat and are not allowed to go beyond their husband's word. If such restrictions exist, how can a man be a victim of domestic violence?  There is No Violence against Man. But, when it comes to violence, men suffer as well. 

In India, 52.4 percent of males encounter gender-based violence, according to a survey of 1000 married men ranging in age from 21 to 49 years old in rural communities of Haryana. In their lives, 51.5 percent of men have been subjected to torture or violence at the hands of their spouses or intimate partners. In the last 12 months, 10.5 percent of males have faced gender-based violence at the hands of their spouses or intimate partners. The most prevalent marital or domestic violence against men is emotional, while physical abuse is the second most common.

SCENARIO IN INDIA:

In a patriarchal society, males cannot be the victims of domestic abuse since women are thought to be calm, patient, and unable to even make eye contact with their husbands or in-laws before torturing them. If we consider the situation of today, this aspect has completely changed; if the girl is not safe, then neither are the men.  On October 28, 2021 release of the National Crime Record Bureau's Suicide Report for 2020. According to the Save Family Foundation study, which included interviews with 1,650 husbands between the ages of 15 and 49 using a schedule adapted from the WHO multi-country study on husband's health and domestic violence, economic violence (32.8 percent) is the most common type of domestic violence, followed by emotional violence (22.2 percent), physical violence (25.2 percent), and sexual violence (17.7 percent).

The NCRB suicide report's conclusions are as follows:

The number of suicides nationwide is 153,052. There were 108,532 males (70.9%), 44,498 females (29.1%), and 22 transgender people. In comparison to the data on suicides carried out in 2019, this data showed that male suicides were 0.7% more common, and female suicides were 0.7% less common. A closer examination of the data based on marriage reveals that 28,085 married women and 73,093 married men both died by suicide. Family issues account for 33.6 percent of all suicide causes for both men and women, according to the NCRB.  Conclusions about domestic violence against men should not be drawn solely based on the statistics presented here. But it demonstrates that guys are victims just as much as women. Men's suicide rates after marriage are also on the rise, according to NCRB. 

Reasons why incidences of domestic abuse against males go unreported: 

Men frequently conceal the abuse they receive from their partners or wives for a variety of reasons.

1) General Stereotypes Against Men- Men frequently experience discrimination or feel uneasy discussing the violence they encounter because they fear being judged and labeled as wimpy and effeminate.

2) Fear of fabricated cases: Due to the gender-biased or gender-specific legislation in our Constitution, men frequently feel that disclosing acts of violence can cause unneeded annoyance and that they do not want to face the legal repercussions.

3) Pressure from society and families: The majority of Indians stay with their families even after getting married. This causes guys to be embarrassed to talk about the violence.

4) Denial: The majority of people believe that only women can experience domestic abuse. When they learn that men can also become victims of domestic violence, they continue to live in denial. In other words, nobody ever wants to talk about it. 

BIASED LAWS IN INDIA

There is legislation protecting women in India. There is also an abuse of numerous gender-biased legislation. According to NCRB data, an examination revealed that 8 percent of all rape reports were fake. The law's protection of women, how it favors them, and how they occasionally violate it-

According to the Indian Penal Code Section 498A, only a man can be held accountable for treating his wife cruelly. But in this case, the law contains no sections or clauses that hold women accountable for domestic abuse.

Only women are protected from domestic violence under Section 3 of the Domestic Violence Act. The entire act contains no protections for males against the same brutality. In India, the assumption behind this regulation and others like it is that males are the wrongdoers and women are the victims. There is no question that men have committed acts of terrible violence against women. However, this does not provide any justification for the absence of laws guarding against such violence toward men.

CONCLUSION: 

Both men and women are pillars of society. They are both incomplete without one another. In contrast, Article 14 of the Indian Constitution declares that "The State shall not deny to any individual within the territory of India, equality before the law or the equal protection of the laws."

There is such an article that Even though it is stated in our Constitution that men and women should not be treated differently under the law, discrimination still exists. However, if the man of society, who face Domestic Violence become outspoken and lose the fear of society, they will receive justice. However, such discriminatory laws ought to be amended since if there is equality there, then there should be equality everywhere.