I'm from India, after hearing it you will automatically jump to say that it's a patriarchal country but I will leave that judgement on to you only as I am here to discuss something else. From my childhood I have observed one thing that men's actions have been criminalised or shamed morally but not women's. To give some examples, Physical Actions of men: A man slapping any woman is morally wrong and criminally punished harder but a woman slapping a man is not considered as a crime and morally wrong. In fact, in media and in many movies it's considered as empowering. That's the reason why in many eastern countries domestic violence against men is never recognised. Verbal Actions of men: IPC 354, is one of those biased law which is unclear and it's not well defined. It talks about protecting women's modesty but it doesn't define what's women's modesty and what actions can harm it. It punishes men who uses derogatory words or slang words against women. Even if two men making sexual jokes or use slang words and if a woman next to them hears it then also she can file a case against both of them. Recently, some women used this law to file a case against a well known Bollywood actor Ranveer Singh for appearing in a photoshoot in an inappropriate clothes. But, there's no such law which protects men's modesty or defines men's modesty and also doesn't discuss about the actions of women by which men's modesty can be harmed. Sexual Actions of men: In today's time rape is considered as a major crime even dangerous than a murder. Maybe, even a murderer will get a bail after the crime but a rapist, his whole life and career gets destroyed rightfully but IPC 375, talks about sexual assaults only against women and by men, there's no mention about men on men or women on men or women on women. The same perspective is with sexual harrasment laws, street harassment, voyeurisma, stalking and others. Here too, only men's actions have been criminalised but not women.

I'm not against these laws or I'm not telling to cancel it, I'm having problem with its women centric nature and punishing only men's actions. According to me, it is wrong because it's following the stereotype that women are weak and need to be protected from men. Also, these laws makes women aware about their safety especially sexual safety and encourages them to fight for their justice if anything wrong happens but the same awareness is not inside men because of the lack of legal and societal support. It encourages men to ignore the injustice happened with them especially by women.

These are the only few actions which I have discussed here if you want to add, please add in the comments and if you want to share any other perspective then please feel free to discuss below.

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