Aug 11th, 2008 | Law survey

Should violence on a wife/gf by her husband/bf be treated differently than violence on 'any human' by 'another human'?


In India and also in many other countries, there are specific laws made to provide various types of relief to women who are facing violence from their partners and to punish the male partners. Then there are other separate laws that are meant to punish any human being committing violence on another human beings.

The question is, do we really need two different kinds of laws? Can't the later be made/taken to be sufficient enough to address the former as well?




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Poll tags:Law, Judiciary, Marriage, Husband, Wife

 
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Rickybkk2005
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Thailand

posted Aug 14th, 2008 at 00:51 CDT

I got my balls smashed by my wife, went to the local police station, and became a laughing stock. with a free and superfluous advice, to bear with my wife (and she got a way with a warning).imagine if i had hit my wife, will i actually get away with a warning? why not!! so while she gets all the encouragement to repeat her acts, i am being discouraged  from taking any action and forced to be a silent victim, with no rights.. and what if i press for a divorce! i pay alimony, part with my hard earned money, or else, get arrested (with my family) under a false anti dowry case. (or worse still, part with the money as well as get arrested.. so what do i prefer.. getting my balls smashed, or face an arrest.. i do have smart choices in life, haven't ! i chose the option#2. lets see.. at least i can save my balls for a better day.. which will surely come, God willing..

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posted Aug 12th, 2008 at 00:34 CDT

Millions of Innocent people have suffered & still suffering by the hands of Biased Indian Gender LAws.The irony is that Women are suffering , by the so called "WOMEN PROTECTIVE LAWS" in India. Thousands of them have pledged to uproot these Draconian Indian Laws. Check the links below:http://www.hindustantimes.com/storypage/storypage.aspx?id=3eed6c54-ba7e-4653-84b2-578e19a5c842&&Headline=Men+cry+equality+on+women%e2%80%99s+dayhttp://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=252943http://warrior498a.fotopages.comhttp://community.webshots.com/album/560470396FcFhgF Check out the reality of these Laws at :http://www.savefamily.org/http://498a.blogvis.com/http://www.saveindianfamily.org/http://mynation.net/http://www.498a.org/http://www.ghrs.in/ in one word ..."EQUALITY FOR ALL"

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posted Aug 12th, 2008 at 00:09 CDT

Equality ......for all .........is a must for a decent society.

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posted Aug 11th, 2008 at 15:15 CDT

Yes The Laws need to be different 'cause in India women are not treated like normal humans - they have seperate laws which a few use for protection while a majority uses it for quick money, they have seperate buses and reserved seats in public transport utilities (in any other country such reservations exist only for the handicaped) which few use majority uses the remaining seats leaving hardly any for the men, they commit crimes and the judges and the police are so happy to give a pat and a pardon expecting to take them to bed.  http://www.merinews.com/catFull.jsp?articleID=136867

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posted Aug 11th, 2008 at 14:51 CDT

If one wants to learn what is gender-bias, then one should study India.In my country - men do not have any rights. Take any field - be it legal, economical, educational, social - it's always the men who suffer - and they have been suffering for centuries now. Legal - the laws in India are so much so biased that even sleeping around is legally allowed for married women, while its a criminal offense for men. Economical - men have to pay higher income taxes for the same income just because of their gender. Educational: Education is free for women while men have to pay.Social: Well, women in India just sit at home and relax. Only men are supposed to earn!

 
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