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Sociology of Kinship

Notes foetus is female, they abort it. This is foeticide. To kill a girl child because of the desire for a boy,
is a shame on humanity. In todays age, both boys and girls are equal. In fact, from what we see
and hear, girls take more care of parents than boys. The university and competitive examination
results, prove that girls are ahead of boys in order of merit. Today girls can be seen working
efficiently in every sphere of life. Thus, the attitude of people regarding a son should change. To
kill as girl-child because of the desire for a son is not only inhuman but also against morals and
the law. femicide not only involves a male but also a female. Here, we see that a female turns
into a foe of another female. Thus, women should first stand up against the prevention of crimes
against women.

Teasing
Amongst the crimes against women, cases of teasing are reportedly increasing. In the University
campus, trains, buses and markets, some rowdy youths make indecent gestures. Pass lewd
comments use indecent and abusive language. They are spiked with nails piercing nails with
vulgarity. Sometimes, such men are publicity roughed up by the people or the cops when they
land up in police net. Such hooliganism is found in big cities, mainly in North India. Most of the
teasing cases are reported in Delhi, Kanpur, Agra, Benaras and a few other big cities. The female
organisations have protested against such incidents in Delhi and other cities, police action has
been taken against hooliganism. But decent individuals refrain from getting into this mess as the
procedure of law is long and tedious. Movies and serials like campus have promoted teasing as
people get much easily inspired by evil than good, that is shown. To make themselves safe from
such incidents, women have to make martial themselves strong. They have to practice martial
art forms like judo and karate in order to protect themselves. They have to form groups to tackle
with the hooligans on their own. Everything should not be left to the government, police and
law.
Apart from the above mentioned crimes against women and increased violence; there are other
ways of taking advantage of their helplessness. For the promotion of products, nude and semi-
nude pictures of women are exhibited, which project them in vulgar and poor light.

Causes of Violence against Women

Here, we mention those factors which promote violence against women—
1. Male Domination: Not only in India, male domination is found in almost every society of
the world. He is considered the symbol of power. Man tortures women in order to establish
and prove his power, superiority and manhood.
2. Economic Dependency of Women on Men: In India, women are found to be economically
dependent on men. It is the man who supports his wife. In such a situation, she has no op-
tion but to bear the torture, fearing that if her husband deserts her, she would be helpless
and unable to sustain herself.
3. Illiteracy: According to the 2001 census, the percentage of literacy in India is 53.6 amongst
women and 75.2 amongst men. Because of the lack of education women are not aware of
their rights. They don’t even know about the existing laws which protect their rights and
the organisations from where they should seek help in case of torture. Illiteracy and they
are bound to bear torture.
4. Hostility Towards Women: Some men are prejudiced against women. So, they torture
women to satisfy their feelings. An individual who had been harassed by some woman in
the past or had been ditched by his lover, develops a feeling of revenge against all women.
The sense of hatred and jealousy is so strong that female touturting becomes the motive of
his life. He derives sadistic pleasure out of insulting women.

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