Puru DubeyAIR 86 · CSE 2025 · 194 wordsTheir whole copy
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Violence against women is a phenomene rooted in patriarchal notion of men as superior & women as inferior. Yet as a system, it takes various forms.
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FORMS OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
Physical violence - e.g slap, etc. As per data, this violence is mainly done by kins or husbands highlighty the patriarchal ideology.
Sexual violence such as rape, molestation. As per NCRB, >36000 cases of rape were registered in 2024 highlighting the unsafe public spaces.
Psychological violence → as e.g molestation, mansplaining and treatment as inferior. It reflects the every dayness of patriarchy in society.
Caste violence: especially in terms of Dalit women rapes as a collective punishment to the Dalit groups as seen in Khairlanjee violence.
SOCIETAL RESPONSE TO THESE ISSUES
Violence against women has become routinised and part of the everyday reality. Hence most of it remains unnoticed & remains legitimised.
Despite laws, poor enforcement reveals low conviction rates.
Symbolic protests in some cases of sexual violence as seen in Delhi, West Bengal;
Social Media protests such as Me too movement.
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Violence against women, as Sylvia Walby argues, remains a key structure of patriarchy.