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 National Family Health Survey (NHFS) -3

40 per cent of married women have been subjected to spousal violence. It is also found that 54 per cent of the women it surveyed agreed that wife-beating was acceptable if the wife

•  went out without telling her husband,
•  argued with him,
•  refused sex,
•  neglected the children,
•  did not cook properly, 
• was suspected of being unfaithful or 
• showed disrespect toward her in-laws. 

On this, NFHS-3 said: “ Violence is more likely to be justified if the described behaviour violates what is perceived as acceptable behaviour for women in their gendered roles as wives, mothers and daughters-in-law.”

Adivasi and Dalit women are branded as witches.There are the continuing tragedies of forced marriages, of girls being killed for

•  marrying boys of their choice 
•  for not bringing in enough dowry
• the needless hysterectomies 

under the Rashtriya Swasth Bima Yojana.Within society as between states, security depends on power. The weakest are the most insecure. Women in India are insecure and remain at risk because in this patriarchal society they are children of a lesser god. .

UNICEF - 

Justification of wife-beating (%) 2002-2012*, male	51
Justification of wife-beating (%) 2002-2012*, female	54.4