The truth about India and Indian men Pt. 1

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I have been listening about gender issues in India a lot lately and this is just so out of control. Everyone just shits on Indian men, this is being done on a very very large scale. My hypothesis is that most of the west thinks that India is the worst place for women and Indian men are bad misogynists and oppressors.. This is just too much and to be honest very disturbing for me myself as an Indian male. I am pretty sure similar is the case with my other fellow Indian brothers too.

Well let's look into the case on how Indian men live and what are their "privileges"

Indian Constitution does not have any explicit provision regarding the right to food, the fundamental right to life enshrined in Article 21 of the Constitution may be interpreted to include the right to live with human dignity, which may include the right to food and other basic necessities.

But we have an act named as "National Food Security Act, (NFSA) 2013" The enactment of the National Food Security Act, (NFSA) 2013 on July 5, 2013 marks a paradigm shift in the approach to food security from welfare to rights based approach. The Act legally entitled upto 75% of the rural population and 50% of the urban population to receive subsidized food grains under Targeted Public Distribution System.The Act is being implemented in all the States/UTs, and on an all India basis, out of maximum coverage of 8.134 million persons, around 8 million persons have been covered under NFSA at present for receiving highly subsidized foodgrains.

Now this act creates absolute matriarchy in the household it covers the: Eldest woman of the household of age 18 years or above is mandated to be the head of the household for the purpose of issuing of ration cards under the Act.

According to "National Policy for Women 2016"

Nutritious and safe food through Public Distribution System (PDS) for households
especially the unreached women and children with high nutritional vulnerabilities as envisaged in National Food Security Act, 2013 will be made available. Management of institutions of food/grain banks by women Groups (SHGs) could be considered to enable uninterrupted supply of food grains even in times of natural/man-made calamities or disasters such as flood, drought etc. So this system will be controlled by women only..

Improving the nutrition and health status of adolescent girls will be accorded special focus. Suitable strategies to end intra-household discrimination in nutritional matters with regard to girls and women will also be devised.

Special attention will be given to the expansion of health insurance schemes such as RSBY and the same linked to programmes like ICDS, JSY, NRLM, NREGA, NULM benefitting women.

There's a lot more like special "Generic Treatment" to elderly women. More nutrition to pregnant and lactating women (They rightfully deserve it ofc.)

"BUT BUT BUT BRO FEMALES ARE BEHIND MALES IN NUTRITION AND HEALTH" No, they aren't especially female children aren't at all..

Let's see some surveys 1. Comprehensive National Nutrition Survey 2016–2018

There was no very significant difference among male and female children in Breastfeeding and consuming specific food, there was in some special foods like curd or milk where males were a little bit fed more (this difference was very low)

Check the key findings on malnutrition :

Nearly one-quarter of children aged 5 to 9 years (23%) and adolescents aged 10–19
years (24%) had low BMI (BMI-for-age < -2SD) (Tables 5.13 & 5.15). The prevalence of low BMI was 15% at 5 years of age and slowly increased to 20% by 7 years of age, with the highest prevalence (26%) observed by 10 years of age (Figure 5.6). The prevalence of low BMI declined slowly through adolescence to a prevalence of 12% by age 19 years.
A gender differential was observed in the prevalence of low BMI, with boys having a
higher prevalence compared to girls, both among children 5–9 years (26% vs. 20%) and adolescents (29% vs. 19%) (Tables 5.13 & 5.15)

As shown in Figure 5.7, The prevalence of stunting was similar for both girls and boys at age five (~25%) and declined for both groups to ~19% by the age of 8 years. Among girls, stunting increased rapidly to a peak of ~28% by age 10 years. However, for boys, as the growth spurt starts later, stunting began to increase after age 11. By age 13, stunting among
boys reached ~28% and continued to rise to ~32% by age 18.

In conclusion male children are suffering more with low BMI and less weight. Boys were more either equally or more malnutritioned too.

Females had very high anaemia rates and iron deficiency though. More male adolescents were zinc deficient, as compared to female adolescents (35% vs. 28%) (Table 7.3). Among adolescents differences in prevalence were observed by sex (35% for boys vs. 27% for girls). Females had a little more vitamin D deficiency. 10–19 years old classified as having deficiency of vitamin B12 and Folate by gender was higher in males. Prevalence of low HDL cholesterol among children adolescents aged 10–19 years was more in boys. Boys were more represented in percentage of children aged 5–9 and 10-19 years with pre-diabetic and diabetic status, with elevated glycosylated haemoglobin concentration (HbA1c), percentage of adolescents aged 10–19 years with high serum creatinine.

According to NFHS-4 ( National Family Health Survey) 23% and 20% women and men respectively aged 15-19 years fall under "thin" category, women are at high risk of anaemia, 11% of women and 15% men have hypertension, 6% of women and 8% of men have random blood glucose levels greater than 140 mg/dl, The percentage of immunised girls are slightly higher compared to boys in rural sector ( 5.3% more girls) and vice versa in urban sector ( 1.2 % more boys). Rate of being inpatient was more in males except age 15 - 44 and almost same in 45-59 ( in 0-5 boys were almost twice as likely to be inpatient ( As per NSS 71st Round, the age wise ailment during last 15 days has been found to be highest at in the age group of 0-4 years )

Acc. to a survey by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation food intake inequality favoured women.

There are a lot other health aspects like:

Life expectancy: Diff. was 2.5 years in 2001 and in 2010-14 it was 3.2 years

Mortality rate: Higher or almost equal ( in 0-4 females had slightly high rates by 0.08 and in teen years it was equal) mortality rate at almost all stages.

Most disabled people in India are men.

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE which are one of biggest reason of deaths in India :

Acc. to a study ) which was combination of diff. studies that talk about the prevalence of diff. disease found that prevalence of hypertension and women have higher prevalence of obesity (obesity was measured by BMI system which is as we all know strongly opposed by feminism so it's useless)

In India the age-adjusted CVD mortality rates are 349/100,000 in men and 265/100,000 in women a study shows.

Another study showed that at ages 30–69 years, of 1·3 million cardiovascular deaths, 0·9 million (68·4%) were caused by ischaemic heart disease and 0·4 million (28·0%) by stroke. At these ages, the probability of dying from ischaemic heart disease increased during 2000–15, from 10·4% to 13·1% in men and 4·8% to 6·6% in women. Ischaemic heart disease mortality rates in rural areas increased rapidly and surpassed those in urban areas. By contrast, the probability of dying from stroke decreased from 5·7% to 5·0% in men and 5·0% to 3·9% in women. Again mortality rate was fairly higher in Indian men.

The Hindu reported 'Another Indian study reports that the incidence of sudden cardiac death is estimated to be higher in men by three to four times than in women. It is also reported that around 75% of sudden cardiac deaths happen in men'.

22101 male deaths due to heart attack and 3663 female deaths due to heart attack in 2018 acc to Accidental Deaths report 2018 NCRB

23960 males and 4042 females in 2019 acc. to the same report 2019 edition.

A higher proportion of the 27.4 lakh
diagnosed with TB in India are men and the ratio is approximately 2:1 (National Framework for A Gender-Responsive Approach to TB in India report) between men and women. (TB is also one of highest killing disease in India)

Prevalence of ARI in boys was higher

Men dominated in 6/10 major cause of death in India (others were almost equal and vehicle accidents were excluded where men represent majority) acc too HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE STATISTICS IN INDIA 2019-20 report.

There are a lot of other health sectors where men are highly affected like prostate cancer (incidence rate of 9-10) but I will talk about it sometime later...

Let's talk about laws in India that give "privilege" to Indian men.

Let's begin with Fundamental Rights (art. 12-35) We, know fundamental rights are for every human irrespective of any grounds of discrimination, right? but Article 15 in The Constitution Of India 1949 15. Prohibition of discrimination on grounds of religion, race, caste, sex or place of birth. In same art 15(3) Nothing in this article shall prevent the State from making any special provision for women and children. Article 51(A) (e): It shall be the duty of every citizen of India to renounce practices derogatory to the dignity of women. (Not a single flying F about men) No "insult the modesty of any woman, utters any word, makes any sound or gesture, or exhibits any object, intending that such word or sound shall be heard, or that such gesture or object shall be seen, by such woman, or intrudes upon the privacy of such woman, shall be punished" for men but women have (IPC sec. 509) No assault or criminal force law for men but women have (IPC sec. 354) No law for disrobe and forcing or compelling to be naked for men but women have (IPC sec. 354B) No law for women making sexual remarks on men but if men do so they are charged with IPC 354a No punishment for women demanding sexual favours from men but for men demanding, it is. Presumption of rape in absence of evidence in certain prosecutions give women advantage to misuse it badly "a compulsory statutory presumption has been created that requires the courts to presume that consent is absent if such a claim is made by the victim." section 114a Indian evidence act (remember men aren't considered victims of rape) No, law to protect dignity, integrity, identity of accused man leading to social shame in case of false accusations. No protection from voyeurism for men but women have. Only the groom will be punished for marrying a minor but not a bride for marrying a minor male. Men are recognized as victims of rape IPC sec. 375 starts like "A man is said to commit “rape” who...... against her.... without her... with her....." Most a male can do if raped by a male is file case under IPC sec. 377 (Sodomy law), it has a lot of complications. Women can also be booked but if she penetrates a man (with an object or anything like that) but not if she makes a man penetrate her. No law protecting men from eve teasing but there's one for women (IPC section 298) Man showing obscene or pornographic books, pics etc. to women. He will be punished but not if same happens to man by man or woman.(IPC sec. 292) IPC sec. 354 is gender specific. A man having CONSENSUAL act of sexual intercourse on pretext of marriage is bound to marry woman, if not he will be charged with rape. Every man who by deceit causes any woman who is not lawfully married to him to believe that she is lawfully married to him and to cohabit or have sexual intercourse with him in that belief, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.(IPC sec. 493). It's gender specific too. If a U-16 boy has consensual sex with girl of his age, he's rapist. C sec. 366B- Importation of girl from foreign country.—Whoever imports into 2[India] from any country outside India 3[or from the State of Jammu and Kashmir] any girl under the age of twenty-one years with intent that she may be, or knowing it to be likely that she will be, forced or seduced to illicit intercourse with another person,shall be punishable with imprisonment which may extend to ten years and shall also be liable to fine. (Gender Specific) IPC 498a Husband or relative of husband of a woman subjecting her to cruelty.—Whoever, being the husband or the relative of the husband of a woman, subjects such woman to cruelty shall be pun­ished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years and shall also be liable to fine. No such law for protection of men. When the death of a woman is caused by any burns or bodily injury or occurs otherwise than under normal circumstances within seven years of her marriage and it is shown that soon before her death she was subjected to cruelty or har­assment by her husband or any relative of her husband. IPC sec. 304b. CrPC sec. 125 - Men are legally obliged to pay. CrPC sec. 46: No arrests of women after sunset and before sunrise (arrest in exceptional circumstances with prior permission from a Judicial Magistrate) CrPC sec. 47 : Notice for search of place (of a woman) entered by person sought to be arrested (It's not gender neutral) CrPC sec. 51: Whenever it is necessary to cause a female to be searched, the search shall be made by another female with strict regard to decency. No such provision for men. CrPC sec. 53: Whenever the person of a female is to be examined under this section, the examination shall be made only by, or under the supervision of, a female registered medical practitioner. (Gender specific) CrPC sec. 160: Any police officer, making an investigation under this Chapter may, by order in writing, require the attendance before himself of any person being within the limits of his own or any adjoining station who, from the information given or otherwise, appears to be acquainted with the facts and circumstances of the case; and such person shall attend as so required: Provided that no male person under the age of fifteen years or woman shall be required to attend at any place other than the place in which such male person or woman resides. CrPC sec. 437: or clause (ii) be released on bail it such person is under the age of sixteen years or is a woman or is sick or infirm: Provided further that the Court may also direct that a person referred to in clause (ii) be released on bail if it is satisfied that It is just and proper so to do for any other special reason: Provided also that the mere fact that an accused person may be required for being identified by witnesses during investigation shall not be sufficient ground for refusing to grant bail if he is otherwise entitled to be released on bail and gives an undertaking that he shall comply with such directions as may be given by the Court. (Women get easy bails)

SOME ACTS.

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ACT 2005. Highly misandric act and ignores male victims of domestic violence. Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act (2013) provides protection to women from sexual harassment at all workplaces both in public and private sector, whether organised or unorganized. No such law for men, men are not protected by sexual harassment in in the workplace. Mines Act (1952) and Factories Act (1948): prohibit the employment of women between 7 PM to 6 AM in mines and factories and provide for their safety and welfare. No such provision for men, infact men work extra hours. b. Prohibits women from being employed in certain jobs unless certain conditions are met. c. Suitable sanitation facilities for women. d. If more than 30 women are employed, the employer must provide a creche with certain facilities at the factory premises. e. No change of shifts except after a weekly or other holidays. I Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act (1986): It prohibits indecent representation of women through advertisements or in publications, writings, paintings, figures or in any other manner. No such provision for men. Maternity Benefit Act (1961) regulates the employment of women in certain
establishments for certain period before and after child-birth and provides for
maternity benefit and certain other benefits. Dissolution of Muslim Marriages Act (1939) grants a Muslim wife the right
to seek the dissolution of her marriage. Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Divorce) Act (1986) protects the
rights of Muslim women who have been divorced by or have obtained divorce
from their husbands. Boy is entitled to maintenance until he turns 18 but a girl is entitled to it until marriage. (Hindu adoption and maintenance act) Section 112 of evidence act 1872-states that child born during a marital bond or where spouses have access to each other or within 280 days of divorce will be considered as a legitimate child from the marital relation no matter whether they were born out of the marital bond. An illegal act by a woman is legalized by this act without punishing her and thus prostitution is promoted. The same immoral act by the husband would not only attract legal prosecution against the husband but also a heavy financial burden of the wife in the form of maintenance as it will be granted in the woman's favour. Verbal/oral statement of men not counted as evidence. Article 51-A (e). One-third of the total number of seats to be filled by direct
election in every Panchayats shall be reserved for women
Article 243-D (3). One-third of the total number of offices of chairpersons in
the Panchayats at each level shall be reserved for women. Article 243-D (4). One-third of the total number of seats to be filled by
direct election in every Municipality shall be reserved for women. The 72nd and 73rd constitutional Amendment Acts passed in 1992 by parliament
require one-third of the total seats in all elected offices in local bodies whether in
rural areas or urban areas to be allocated to women.

I may have missed some.. sorry for that.😞

Now let's talk about Husband's rights. Men are obliged to pay for family Men can be forced to fatherhood under "Medical Termination Of Pregnancy act" (They don't have any say in abortion) Under section 112 of Indian evidence act man is also obliged to pay for illegitimate child that his wife has with some other man. After divorce : Well, No Rights. Get ready to share your half of the assets and properties with your wife as per respective religious laws. Even if your wife is working, Section 125 of CRPC requires a wife to live at the same standards which she maintained during her marriage with the husband. So you might end up paying maintenance. Maintenance may be granted to dependent children, parents and legally wedded wives, including but not limited to a divorced spouse, mistress, illegitimate children, etc.

In certain cases under personal law (Hundu marriage act.) the husband, only if he is incapacitated due to some accident or disease and rendered incapable of earning a livelihood. Such an entitlement is not available to an able person, doing nothing for a living or a ‘wastrel’.

The remedy under Section 125 is speedy and inexpensive, as compared to personal laws. The provision relating to maintenance under any personal law is however, distinct and separate from Section 125. There is no conflict between both the legal provisions. A person is entitled to maintenance under Section 125 despite having obtained an order under the applicable personal law.

Quantum of maintenance Maintenance covers not merely food, clothing and shelter, but also includes other necessities. The quantum and type of necessities covered within the scope of maintenance may vary, depending on the status, financial position and number of dependents, etc and is at the discretion of the court. Prior to passing an order under Section 125, the court does take cognizance of the amount of maintenance already ordered under the personal law. The reasoning is based on the premise that the wife is entitled to live as per the standard and status of her husband. Males can't adopt female children but females can adopt male children. Other rights like Domestic Violence and 498a are already mentioned. Men’s rights to maintenance can vary under different Acts. Under the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 (As I mentioned it's for men to get maintenance as wive's living standards at marriage time are to be maintained) both husband and wife can claim maintenance, while only the woman can do so under the Special Marriage Act, 1954.Under the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Divorce) Act, 1986, the wife has to be paid maintenance in the iddat period and mehr has to be returned (Under Section 3 of the MWA, a Muslim husband is obligated to pay maintenance to his divorced wife within the iddat period. This provision has, in the past, been misinterpreted to mean that the husband is legally obligated to maintain his wife only "during" the iddat period. However, the Supreme Court in the landmark case of Daniel Latiffi v. Union of India14 has clarified that the maintenance payable by the husband to his wife during the iddat period covers the time period beyond the iddat period as well) . Christians: Under Section 37 of the Indian Divorce Act, 1869, the divorced wife can get maintenance for life by applying in a civil or a high court.The Parsi Marriage and Divorce Act, 1936, makes the husband liable to pay maintenance to wife for life if she remains unmarried after divorce, and can get a maximum of one-fifth of his net income.Further, in Lalita Toppo v. The State of Jharkhand, the Supreme Court has recognised the right of a woman in a live-in relationship to claim maintenance from her partner under the PWDA.(Protection of Women From Domestic Violence act)

More about muslim women Earlier, a Muslim woman could claim maintenance only under the Muslim personal law as laid down in the Quran under which a husband was liable to pay maintenance to his wife only during the period of 'iddat'. However, the Supreme Court has, vide its landmark judgment in the Shah Bano case12 held that a Muslim woman is entitled to claim maintenance under Section 125 of the Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 irrespective of Muslim personal law. In this regard, it is pertinent to note that immediately after the Shah Bano verdict, the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Divorce) Act, 1986 ("MWA") was enacted whereunder inter alia a Muslim woman is entitled to claim from her husband (i) a reasonable and fair provision and maintenance; (ii) an amount equal to the sum of mahr or dower agreed to be paid to her at the time of her marriage or at any time thereafter according to Muslim law; (iii) all the properties given to her before or at the time of marriage or after her marriage by her relatives or friends or her husband or any relatives of the husband or his friends; and (iv) in cases where the divorced woman herself maintains the children born to her before or after her divorce, a reasonable and fair provision and maintenance for a period of two years from the respective dates of birth of such children.

Also recently Uttarakhand state ruled an ordinance to give co-ownership rights to women in their husband’s ancestral property

Read some High court statements like

Brother in law can also be ordered to pay alimony under domestic violence laws

Husband to pay maintenance even if he is beggar

If Husband's salary increases wife is also entitled to increased alimony

Pay 2.6 cr. to wife or go to jail

and this article too

Now other act named Public Safety Act The Jammu and Kashmir Public Safety Act, 1978 (PSA) is a preventive detention law under which a person is taken into custody to prevent them from acting harmfully against "the security of the state or the maintenance of the public order' in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir (now a union territory).The PSA violates international human rights law and standards by providing for detention without trial while denying the possibility of judicial review and other safeguards for those in detention required under international human rights law. During PSA detention, the detainee can be lodged in any suitable prison or subsidiary jail (such as a house) in India without any warrant, trial, or court hearing for a maximum of one or two years.In 2015 the government made public the figure of 16,329 persons having been detained under the act since 1988, nearly all from Kashmir. Acc. to National Crime Records Bureau records only 16 women detentions in the period 1995-2008. Amnesty also reported "Regardless of the exact numbers, the scale of administrative detentions is indisputably high: estimates range from 8,000 to 20,000 detentions over the past two decades." One article about a court hearing says 144 minors were detained, Jammu and Kashmir admits to top court (Note: this is just a few parts of total boys not whole figures). Same report says 'By and large women appear not to be targets of administrative detention in J&K. In an interview with Amnesty International, Srinagar-based activist Khurram Parvez explains, “with the exception of Asiya Andrabi and a few others like Zamrooda Habib of the Muslim Khawateen Markaz, women although involved are not at the forefront of the various political movements in Kashmir. Women have also traditionally not been a significant part of the armed groups. Although women take part in protests against the authorities, the police and security forces do certainly think twice about arresting or detaining women, as they know that this has the possibility of stirring trouble and bringing attention to themselves. Unfortunately this has not stopped women from continuing to face other human rights violations, particularly rape and other forms of sexual assault.”' Can you see the male disposability here? It's very much clear. Attention will come if women will be detained but is not coming when men are being mistreated at regular basis. There's another act named AFSPA (Armed Forces Special Power Act.) and by virtue of this too, armed forces abuse their power in Jammu and Kashmir and North East India and as expected the spotlight only came when women suffered.

Now let's talk about False Accusations.

Delhi Women Comission reported that 53.2 per cent rape cases filed between April 2013-July 2014 false.

Data from the National Crime Records Bureau shows that on average about 1,00,000 cases are filed under section 498a annually. The rate of conviction — where the accusation was proven — varied between 20% in 2011 and 14% in 2015. The conviction rate under all IPC sections was 46% in 2015. reports The Hindu

In an affidavit filed in Rajasthan High Court on Tuesday, the state government said according to Rajasthan Police, 43% of rape cases in 2018 turned out to be false during investigation.

In Andhra Pradesh state, 45% of all rape cases filed in the past two years fell into the false marriage category. The Guardian

As per the latest NCRB report, 2019 more than 1,25,657 men were acquitted from these gender-biased laws. Just to an idea how huge this number is – this is 3 times more than the combined cases registered under rape and sexual harassment at workplace, which our dear feminists make a huge cry for. Note this is just the tip of the Iceberg.You can check NCRB annual report, most reported crimes result to acquittals. (Note: It can be hard to read official report so you can see decode w.r.t to false cases here

Misuse of 498a law widely known as ‘’Legal Extortion.” It mainly talked about setting up a family welfare committee (FWC) and to stop automatic arrest of husbands and their family members. This was a welcome judgment and had a positive impact as the false dowry cases reduced. However, in 2018, the Supreme Court itself overruled this judgment. This, of course, boosted the confidence of greedy wives and resulted in an increase of 498a cases. So much so that there was a sudden increase of 21% in 2019 as compared to 2018. The dowry harassment cases registered in 2019 were 1,25,298 as compared to 1,03,272 in 2018.

Every 6 min. a person is falsely accused of dowry in India (includes some mother in laws too)

Every half an hour a man is accused of rape in India.

“The truth is that laws are being misused. Around 80 per cent of the cases we get turn out to be false. This means that we spend so much time counselling victims and investigating claims that real cases suffer,” said Sub-Inspector Kanchan.

Men are 2.5 times more likely to be victims of murder.

Men are most likely to be died by road accidents too about 1,32,587 males and 22,143 females died due to road accidents in India.

The overall male : female ratio of suicide victims for the year 2019 was 70.2 : 29.8, which is more as compared to year 2018 (68.5: 31.5). Accidental deaths and suicide report

Under 5 male deaths are more in boys acc. to UN

Domestic Violence : This report claims there is no systematic study or record on domestic violence against men in India, it is generally estimated that in 100 cases of domestic violence, approximately 40 cases involve violence against men.2 There is little evidence available about the actual number of violent acts against men and underlying dynamics of violence. There are various reasons for under-reporting, but foremost among them are our social system and values attached to men, which stop them from sharing and reporting domestic violence and abuse. Even when men report domestic abuse and violence, most people do not believe them. When men try to narrate their problems, torture, struggle, and harassment within marriage and family, no one listens to them; instead, people laugh at them. Many men are ashamed of talking about and sharing that they are beaten by their wives (Sarkar, Dsouza,& Dasgupta, 2007).One needs to understand that dynamics of domestic violence and abuse among men and women are different, and reasons, purposes, and motives are often very different. There are various studies on dynamics of violence against women, but there are limited studies on the issue of domestic violence and abuse against men. The study by Save Family Foundation (Sarkar et al., 2007), which interviewed 1,650 husbands between the ages of 15 and 49 years, selected through random sampling using a schedule adapted from the WHO multicountry study on husband’s health and domestic violence, reports that economical violence (32.8%) is common, followed by emotional violence (22.2%), physical violence (25.2%), and sexual violence (17.7%). The study shows that the probability of violence increased significantly with the duration of marriage, particularly if it was more than 7 years old. It also shows that husbands who experienced some form of violence during their first year of marriage continued to experience the same for the rest of their lives. It is not something that just goes away. The study shows that domestic violence is a public health issue with far-reaching health consequences, such as mental illness and stress disorders, that need to be addressed. The study also shows that domestic violence is perpetrated across all socioeconomic classes (see Table 1). The study reports that a high proportion of husbands who experienced domestic violence were well educated and earning good money. Men tolerate and stay in abusive and violent relationship for many reasons. Some of the reasons ‘‘why men tolerate domestic violence and abuse’’ are the belief and hope that things would get better, fear of losing social respect and position, protection, and love toward their children and family. Many abused men feel that they have to make their marriages work. They are afraid that if things fall apart, they will be blamed. Many abused men also believe that it is their fault and feel that they deserve the treatment they receive. Another reason is increasing economic and other dependency on women. The Labor and Employment Ministry data for 2001–2005 reports that the number of women getting employment is higher than for men. The report (Sarkar et al., 2007) also shows that the number of employed men dropped by 14 lakh, from 228.4 lakh in 2001 to 214.4 lakh in 2005. In cases where an abused man is mentally, emotionally, or financially dependent on the woman, the idea of leaving the relationship generates feeling of depression and anxiety.

Rape : Acc. to a study by National Women and Children comission carried out in 2007, when 53.2% of children reported having experienced some form of sexual abuse. Of those, 52.9% were boys. the

Delhi-based Centre for Civil Society found that approximately 18% of Indian adult men surveyed reported being coerced or forced to have sex. Of those, 16% claimed a female perpetrator and 2% claimed a male perpetrator.

Point to be noted: IN INDIA MEN ARE LEGALLY NOT CONSIDERED VICTIMS OF BOTH RAPE AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.